diff --git a/autodist-repository b/autodist-repository
index b564ccf..93378f3 100755
--- a/autodist-repository
+++ b/autodist-repository
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # autodist repositories maintainance script
-# Copyright (c) 2007-2014 by Silvan Calarco
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2023 by Silvan Calarco
 #
 . /etc/autodist/config
 [ -r /etc/autodist/config-secret ] && . /etc/autodist/config-secret
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function usage() {
    echo "$me setwarning REPOSITORY {PKG ...} -t \"TEXT\""
    echo "$me verify REPOSITORY [PKGS ...]"
    echo
-   echo " -d      use given repository as destination (default: devel)"
+   echo " -d      use given repository as destination (default: base)"
    echo " -f      force operation"
    echo " -r      match repositories with given regexp"
    echo " -s      simulate operations to see if it would work"
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ function extract_diffinfo() {
 [ $1 ] || { usage; exit 0; }
 
 origrepository=
-destrepository=devel
+destrepository=base
 packages=
 command=
 simulate=0