diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
index dec8afe5b1..ac84a03e17 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ $ ./bin-wrappers/git walken
 
 You should see all of the subject lines of all the commits in
 your tree's history, in order, ending with the initial commit, "Initial revision
-of "git", the information manager from hell". Congratulations! You've written
+of "git", Distributed version control system". Congratulations! You've written
 your first revision walk. You can play with printing some additional fields
 from each commit if you're curious; have a look at the functions available in
 `commit.h`.
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index b13561cf73..34f4553da4 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/check-ref-format.c b/builtin/check-ref-format.c
index cef1ffe3ce..c3e3a6371f 100644
--- a/builtin/check-ref-format.c
+++ b/builtin/check-ref-format.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "refs.h"
diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
index 2ca1a57ebb..7bb4dbb6fa 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/diff-files.c b/builtin/diff-files.c
index 604b04bb2c..837b9b496a 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-files.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-files.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/hash-object.c b/builtin/hash-object.c
index a25f0403f4..69dcd59333 100644
--- a/builtin/hash-object.c
+++ b/builtin/hash-object.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  * Copyright (C) Junio C Hamano, 2005
diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
index 096f96b9c4..f74b75acb5 100644
--- a/builtin/init-db.c
+++ b/builtin/init-db.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index 8542b5d53e..3fb4645c73 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index d2a807a828..4571612dd7 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 74bbad9f87..9b57946177 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/var.c b/builtin/var.c
index 1449656cc9..276aa923c9 100644
--- a/builtin/var.c
+++ b/builtin/var.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Eric Biederman, 2005
  */
diff --git a/builtin/write-tree.c b/builtin/write-tree.c
index 43f233e69b..2d890c55ec 100644
--- a/builtin/write-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/write-tree.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 50f2d17b39..e3ff33be04 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  * Copyright (C) Johannes Schindelin, 2005
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index a1b26a8dce..a5ad6682f4 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 5b792b3dd4..5e457688f5 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  *
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 15d79839c2..777a261fa1 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
diff --git a/t/t4100/t-apply-3.patch b/t/t4100/t-apply-3.patch
index cac172e779..08b51e01b3 100644
--- a/t/t4100/t-apply-3.patch
+++ b/t/t4100/t-apply-3.patch
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dissimilarity index 82%
 +++ ls-tree.c
 @@ -1,212 +1,247 @@
 -/*
-- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+- * GIT - Distributed version control system
 - *
 - * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 - */
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ dissimilarity index 82%
 -	return 0;
 -}
 +/*
-+ * GIT - The information manager from hell
++ * GIT - Distributed version control system
 + *
 + * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 + */
diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index 2cfd25942e..ae43433196 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Michael R. Elkins <me@mutt.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@users.sf.net>
diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
index 47709006c1..af0a32af98 100644
--- a/usage.c
+++ b/usage.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * GIT - The information manager from hell
+ * GIT - Distributed version control system
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
