diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 231015b..409dee8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ D books/ps/
 23 charmap.ps
 D books/example/
 24 Makefile
-25 .cvsignore
+25 .gitignore
 26 filelist
 27 footer.ps
 28 us-constitution.gz
diff --git a/example/.cvsignore b/example/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from example/.cvsignore
rename to example/.gitignore
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index a3e3a82..6748278 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MANIFEST: filelist
 	$(MAKEMANIFEST) $< > $@
 
 clean:
-	rm -f `cat .cvsignore`
+	rm -f `cat .gitignore`
 
 gv%: %.ps
 	gv $<
diff --git a/example/filelist b/example/filelist
index 887c718..c2ef0f9 100644
--- a/example/filelist
+++ b/example/filelist
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ T books/ps/prolog.ps
 T books/ps/charmap.ps
 D books/example/
 T books/example/Makefile
-T books/example/.cvsignore
+T books/example/.gitignore
 T books/example/filelist
 T books/example/footer.ps
 B books/example/us-constitution.gz