diff --git a/changes.sh b/changes.sh
index b3baee995..fbaf415ab 100755
--- a/changes.sh
+++ b/changes.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 # You'll probably want to edit manually the result of executing the script.
 #
 if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
-	echo "No version supplied (e.g. '0.1.2')"
+	echo "No version supplied (e.g. '1.2.4')"
 	exit 1
 fi
-OLDTAG=`git tag -l --merged master --sort=-taggerdate|head -1`
+OLDTAG=`git tag -l --merged 1-stable --sort=-taggerdate|head -1`
 echo "Writing changes from tag $OLDTAG"
 TITLE="EchoSVG CHANGES"
 VERHDR="Version ${1}"