diff --git a/lib/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index 578c24380..0a40b9995 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.data import paths
-from lib.core.exception import sqlmapUnsupportedFeatureException
 from lib.core.settings import IS_WIN
+from lib.core.settings import REVISION
 from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
 from lib.core.subprocessng import pollProcess
 
@@ -25,76 +25,25 @@ def update():
     if not conf.updateAll:
         return
 
-    errMsg = "sqlmap is now hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap. "
-    errMsg += "The --update switch is currently outdated and not working. Please, "
-    errMsg += "update sqlmap running 'git pull' for the time being"
-    raise sqlmapUnsupportedFeatureException, errMsg
-
     rootDir = paths.SQLMAP_ROOT_PATH
 
-    infoMsg = "updating sqlmap to latest development version from the "
-    infoMsg += "subversion repository"
+    infoMsg = "updating sqlmap to the latest development version from the "
+    infoMsg += "GitHub repository"
     logger.info(infoMsg)
 
-    try:
-        import pysvn
+    debugMsg = "sqlmap will try to update itself using 'git' command"
+    logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
-        debugMsg = "sqlmap will update itself using installed python-svn "
-        debugMsg += "third-party library, http://pysvn.tigris.org/"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
+    dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] update in progress " % time.strftime("%X"))
+    process = execute("git pull %s" % rootDir, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+    pollProcess(process)
+    stdout, _ = process.communicate()
 
-        def notify(event_dict):
-            action = getUnicode(event_dict['action'])
-            index = action.find('_')
-            prefix = action[index + 1].upper() if index != -1 else action.capitalize()
+    if not process.returncode:
+        logger.info("%s the latest revision '%s'" % ("already at" if "Already" in stdout else "updated to", REVISION))
 
-            if action.find('_update') != -1:
-                return
-
-            if action.find('_completed') == -1:
-                dataToStdout("%s\t%s\n" % (prefix, event_dict['path']))
-            else:
-                revision = getUnicode(event_dict['revision'], UNICODE_ENCODING)
-                index = revision.find('number ')
-
-                if index != -1:
-                    revision = revision[index+7:].strip('>')
-
-                logger.info('updated to the latest revision %s' % revision)
-
-        client = pysvn.Client()
-        client.callback_notify = notify
-
-        try:
-            client.update(rootDir)
-        except pysvn.ClientError, e:
-            errMsg = "unable to update sqlmap from subversion: '%s'. " % str(e)
-            errMsg += "You are strongly advised to checkout "
-            errMsg += "the clean copy from repository manually "
-            if IS_WIN:
-                errMsg += "(e.g. Right click -> TortoiseSVN -> Checkout... and type "
-                errMsg += "\"https://svn.sqlmap.org/sqlmap/trunk/sqlmap\" into field \"URL of repository\")"
-            else:
-                errMsg += "(e.g. \"svn checkout https://svn.sqlmap.org/sqlmap/trunk/sqlmap sqlmap-dev\")"
-            logger.error(errMsg)
-
-    except ImportError, _:
-        debugMsg = "sqlmap will try to update itself using 'svn' command"
-        logger.debug(debugMsg)
-
-        dataToStdout("\r[%s] [INFO] update in progress " % time.strftime("%X"))
-        process = execute("svn update %s" % rootDir, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-        pollProcess(process)
-        svnStdout, _ = process.communicate()
-
-        if svnStdout:
-            revision = re.search("revision\s+([\d]+)", svnStdout, re.I)
-
-            if revision:
-                logger.info('updated to the latest revision %s' % revision.group(1))
-
-        if IS_WIN:
-            infoMsg = "for Windows platform it's recommended "
-            infoMsg += "to use a TortoiseSVN GUI client for updating "
-            infoMsg += "purposes (http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html)"
-            logger.info(infoMsg)
+    if IS_WIN:
+        infoMsg = "for Windows platform it's recommended "
+        infoMsg += "to use a GitHub for Windows client for updating "
+        infoMsg += "purposes (http://windows.github.com/)"
+        logger.info(infoMsg)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 83e29cd46..2432dd573 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         if not any((args.direct, args.url, args.logFile, args.bulkFile, args.googleDork, args.configFile, \
             args.requestFile, args.updateAll, args.smokeTest, args.liveTest, args.realTest, args.wizard, args.dependencies, args.purgeOutput)):
             errMsg = "missing a mandatory option (-d, -u, -l, -m, -r, -g, -c, --wizard, --update, --purge-output or --dependencies), "
-            errMsg += "use -h for basic help and -hh for advanced help"
+            errMsg += "use -h for basic or -hh for advanced help"
             parser.error(errMsg)
 
         return args