diff --git a/aksetup_helper.py b/aksetup_helper.py
index ce303c5b8dfe37f28ca17d4b5b91f370e274f906..cc57e5c7713164ed4b567beda14b5a47b7e9ca45 100644
--- a/aksetup_helper.py
+++ b/aksetup_helper.py
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ def set_up_shipped_boost_if_requested(project_name, conf):
             print("------------------------------------------------------------------------")
             print("If you got this package from git, you probably want to do")
             print("")
-            print(" $ git submodule init")
-            print(" $ git submodule update")
+            print(" $ git submodule update --init")
             print("")
             print("to fetch what you are presently missing. If you got this from")
             print("a distributed package on the net, that package is broken and")
@@ -793,8 +792,7 @@ def check_git_submodules():
             print("-------------------------------------------------------------------------")
             print("If this makes no sense, you probably want to say")
             print("")
-            print(" $ git submodule init")
-            print(" $ git submodule update")
+            print(" $ git submodule update --init")
             print("")
             print("to fetch what you are presently missing and move on with your life.")
             print("If you got this from a distributed package on the net, that package is")