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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
 
  2. *Check out the source code from git*
 
-        $ git clone --recursive git@gitlab.haskell.org:ghc/ghc.git
+        $ git clone --recurse-submodules git@gitlab.haskell.org:ghc/ghc.git
 
     Note: cloning GHC from Github requires a special setup. See [Getting a GHC
     repository from Github][7].