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 ### Submodules ###
 
-The repository uses submodules, which normally are handled directly by the Makefile, but sometimes you want to
+The repository uses submodules, which normally are handled directly by the `grunt update_submodules` command, but sometimes you want to
 be able to work with them manually.
 
 Following are the steps to manually get the submodules: