diff --git a/lib/legal/NOTICE b/lib/legal/NOTICE
index 552a3c3c8..1d29ac2c7 100644
--- a/lib/legal/NOTICE
+++ b/lib/legal/NOTICE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Plan 9 from Bell Labs is provided under the terms of the MIT license,
 reproduced in the file /lib/legal/mit.
 
-Any additions or changes (as recorded in Mercurial history) made by 9front
+Any additions or changes (as recorded in git history) made by 9front
 are also provided under the same MIT License, unless otherwise indicated.
 
 The following exceptions apply: