diff --git a/docs/news-ascii.xsl b/docs/news-ascii.xsl
index 637c432d67..8dacae934c 100644
--- a/docs/news-ascii.xsl
+++ b/docs/news-ascii.xsl
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     <xsl:text>
 ==============================================================================
 Older libvirt releases didn't have proper release notes: if you are interested
-in changes between them, you should check out ChangeLog* and docs/news-*.html.
+in changes between them, you should check out docs/news-*.html or the full git
+log (see instructions in ChangeLog).
 </xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>