diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-install-repo.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-install-repo.txt
index c1dc61a0ea42b0577ba3ae3f69b02ed8ccc61186..c8376f0555c9844de5ec3dabd2394d25da9de4d1 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-install-repo.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-install-repo.txt
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ If you installed SimpleSAMLphp from subversion, and want to keep updated on the
 your installation to git. First, follow the steps to get a fresh install from github in a different directory. Skip the
 steps regarding configuration and metadata initialization, and copy all the files you might have modified instead (not
 only configuration and metadata, but also any custom modules or templates). Finally, proceed to install Composer and
-install all the dependencies with it. You may want to add all your custom files to the '.gitignore' file.
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+install all the dependencies with it. You may want to add all your custom files to the '.gitignore' file.
+
+If you really want to use subversion instead of git, or it is impossible for you to migrate (you cannot install git, for
+example), you might want to do a fresh install like the one described here, but using github's subversion interface.
+Refer to [github's documentation](https://help.github.com/articles/support-for-subversion-clients) for detailed
+instructions on how to do that.