diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b48f7813..aa4878e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bin/xbps-remove/xbps-remove
 bin/xbps-rindex/xbps-rindex
 bin/xbps-uhelper/xbps-uhelper
 bin/xbps-uchroot/xbps-uchroot
-bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/xbps-repo-checkvers
+bin/xbps-checkvers/xbps-checkvers
 *.static
 *.so*
 *.o
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6f806cc1..109898ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 xbps-0.36 (???):
 
- * xbps-repo-checkvers: new utility merged from https://github.com/xdave/xbps-src-utils
-   that is able to check which packages are outdated in the XBPS repositories by
-   comparing them against a xbps-packages repository. Written by xdave.
+ * xbps-checkvers: new utility merged from https://github.com/xdave/xbps-src-utils
+   that is able to check which packages are outdated in the XBPS repositories or
+   a rootdir by comparing them against a xbps-packages repository.
+   Written by xdave and improved by myself.
 
 xbps-0.35 (2014-04-01):
 
diff --git a/bin/Makefile b/bin/Makefile
index 8bcc0c37..e4915a6d 100644
--- a/bin/Makefile
+++ b/bin/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ SUBDIRS +=	xbps-remove
 SUBDIRS +=	xbps-rindex
 SUBDIRS +=	xbps-uhelper
 SUBDIRS +=	xbps-uchroot
-SUBDIRS +=	xbps-repo-checkvers
+SUBDIRS +=	xbps-checkvers
 
 include ../mk/subdir.mk
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/Makefile b/bin/xbps-checkvers/Makefile
similarity index 75%
rename from bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/Makefile
rename to bin/xbps-checkvers/Makefile
index d7aa4e2b..fbecc294 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/Makefile
+++ b/bin/xbps-checkvers/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TOPDIR = ../..
 -include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-BIN = xbps-repo-checkvers
+BIN = xbps-checkvers
 MAN =
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/mk/prog.mk
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/main.c b/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/xbps-repo-checkvers/main.c
rename to bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c