diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3349f03..d014580 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 # export rule. If versioninfo.inc is not found, version info will be obtained
 # using util/getrevision.sh.
 ifeq ($(wildcard versioninfo.inc),)
-VERSION ?= $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh --local)
+VERSION ?= $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh --revision)
 MAN_DATE ?= $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh --date $(PROGRAM).8.tmpl 2>/dev/null)
 else
 include versioninfo.inc