diff --git a/doc/dev/make_release b/doc/dev/make_release
index e72e3dd..179bf59 100644
--- a/doc/dev/make_release
+++ b/doc/dev/make_release
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 1. tag the release
 2. go to the correct tags/<tag> directory and run `svn export . tigervnc-<version>`
-3. go to exported tree and in common/ and win/ directories run `autoreconf -fiv`
+3. go to exported tree and in unix/ and win/ directories run `autoreconf -fiv`
 4. find all "autom4te.cache" directories and remove them
 5. pack the exported source as ".tar.gz" archive
 6. upload the tarball, built Win installer and Xvnc to Sourceforge