diff --git a/Admin/HOWTO-patches b/Admin/HOWTO-patches
index 0d8ed11c8..2aeec36ed 100644
--- a/Admin/HOWTO-patches
+++ b/Admin/HOWTO-patches
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 
-Directions for creating a libobjects patch
+Directions for creating a GNUstep Base Library patch
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-0. Have somewhere an old, pristine version of the libobjects
-directory.  We'll assume this directory is called "libobjects-old".
+0. Have somewhere an old, pristine version of the gstep-base
+directory.  We'll assume this directory is called "gstep-base-old".
 
-1. Have somewhere a new, changed version of the libobjects directory.
-We'll assume this directory is called "libobjects", and that it has
-the same parent directory as "libobjects-old"
+1. Have somewhere a new, changed version of the gnustep-base directory.
+We'll assume this directory is called "gstep-base", and that it has
+the same parent directory as "gstep-base-old"
 
-2. cd to the common parent directory of your two libobjects directories.
+2. cd to the common parent directory of your two gstep-base directories.
 
 3. Create the patch with 
-	diff -r -c2 libobjects-old libobjects >my.patch"
+	diff -r -N -u gstep-base-old gstep-base >my.patch"
+   The `-u' requests a `unified-diff' style patch.  If your version of
+   diff doesn't support this, pass `-c2' instead of `-u'.
 
 4. Add a GNU-style ChangeLog entry to the top of the patch.  You can
-do this from within emacs using M-x add-change-log-entry.
+   do this from within emacs using M-x add-change-log-entry.
 
 5. If you want to include a short note of explanation to me
 personally, put it at the top, above the ChangeLog entry.
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ personally, put it at the top, above the ChangeLog entry.
 For a beautiful example from Adam Fedor, see the file example.patch.
 
 If you send me multiple patches to the same file between releases of
-libobjects, please diff against a version that has your previous patches.
+gstep-base, please diff against a version that has your previous patches.
 
 [I just threw these directions together.  If you have constructive
 suggestions for improving these directions, please send them to me.