diff --git a/update b/update
index e03b877..c252a39 100755
--- a/update
+++ b/update
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rm -rf aclocal.m4 configure config.guess config.h config.h.in config.sub      \
        ltmain.sh m4 Makefile.in
 
 svn update
-[ -z "$(svn sv|grep '^C')" ] || {
+[ -z "$(svn st|grep '^C')" ] || {
   echo "Some files could not be synchronized with the SVN repository." >&2
   echo "You have to manually resolve the merge conflicts and rerun this "     \
        "script" >&2