diff --git a/src/tools/pgcvslog b/src/tools/pgcvslog
index 2661b2553e..ba2bdd35df 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgcvslog
+++ b/src/tools/pgcvslog
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 # pre and post-branch logs:
 # find . -name CVS -type d -exec touch '{}/Entries.Static' \;
 #
-# cvs log -d'2000-05-08 00:00:00 GMT<2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT'
-# cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -rREL7_1_STABLE
+# cvs log -d'2000-05-08 00:00:00 GMT<2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' .
+# cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -rREL7_1_STABLE`.
+# cvs log -d'>2000-05-29 00:00:00 GMT' -rHEAD .
 # cvs log -d'>1999-06-14 00:00:00 GMT' . > log
 #
 # find . -name CVS -type d -exec rm '{}/Entries.Static' \;