diff --git a/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst b/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
index 225b196da..673be17c3 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ Setup
 First the :doc:`development environment <../general/devenv>` needs to be set up. This can be done by either `downloading the zip from the website <https://nextcloud.com/install/>`_ or cloning it directly from GitHub::
 
    git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/server.git --branch $BRANCH
-   git submodule init
-   git submodule update
+   git submodule update --init
 
 .. note:: ``$BRANCH`` is the desired Nextcloud branch (e.g. ``stable9`` for Nextcloud 9, ``stable10`` for Nextcloud 10, ..., ``master`` for the upcoming release)
 
diff --git a/developer_manual/general/devenv.rst b/developer_manual/general/devenv.rst
index afa747b33..1fca94f8e 100644
--- a/developer_manual/general/devenv.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/general/devenv.rst
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ After the development tool installation make the directory writable::
 Then install Nextcloud from git::
 
   git clone git@github.com:nextcloud/server.git --branch $BRANCH /var/www/<folder>
-  git submodule init
-  git submodule update
+  git submodule update --init
 
 where <folder> is the folder where you want to install Nextcloud.