2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfc92c0..24e2555 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@ Drobillad
 This is a meta-project for building all the audio projects at
 http://drobilla.net/ in one step.
 
+## Checking out ##
+
+After initially checking out this repository, the submodules must be checked
+out:
+
+    git submodule init
+
 ## Updating ##
 
-The commands
+Once the submodules are checked out, this repository and all submodules can be
+updated to the latest versions with:
 
     git pull
     ./waf update
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 19ceb16..04a19b5 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ projects = '''
 
 def update(ctx):
     'updates all git submodules'
+    os.system('git submodule update')
     for i in projects:
         Logs.info('Updating %s' % i)
         old_cwd = os.getcwd()