diff --git a/src/PlumedMain.cpp b/src/PlumedMain.cpp
index b79a19b3c624d886cc523e13064f74528b35403a..4a7454461220995a15186c2a8640530d84ccab06 100644
--- a/src/PlumedMain.cpp
+++ b/src/PlumedMain.cpp
@@ -335,15 +335,18 @@ void PlumedMain::init(){
   initialized=true;
   atoms.init();
   log<<"PLUMED is starting\n";
-  log<<"****  THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION ****\n";
   log<<"PLUMED compiled on " __DATE__ " at " __TIME__ "\n";
-  log.printf("Please read and cite:\n");
-  log.printf("  M. Bonomi, D. Branduardi, G. Bussi, C. Camilloni, D. Provasi, P. Raiteri,\n");
-  log.printf("  D. Donadio, F. Marinelli, F. Pietrucci, R. A. Broglia and M. Parrinello\n");
-  log.printf("  PLUMED: a portable plugin for free-energy calculations with molecular dynamics\n");
-  log.printf("  Comp. Phys. Comm. 180, 1961 (2009)\n");
-  log.printf("For further information see the PLUMED web page at www.plumed-code.org\n");
-  log.printf("List of registered actions:\n");
+  log<<"****  THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION ****\n";
+  log<<"More info on Google group 'plumed2-git'\n";
+  log<<"There is not yet a published paper describing this software.\n";
+  log<<"If you use it in a publication please explicitly state\n";
+  log<<"which version you are using and cite the previous paper:\n";
+  log<<"  M. Bonomi, D. Branduardi, G. Bussi, C. Camilloni, D. Provasi, P. Raiteri,\n";
+  log<<"  D. Donadio, F. Marinelli, F. Pietrucci, R. A. Broglia and M. Parrinello\n";
+  log<<"  PLUMED: a portable plugin for free-energy calculations with molecular dynamics\n";
+  log<<"  Comp. Phys. Comm. 180, 1961 (2009)\n";
+  log<<"For further information see the PLUMED web page at www.plumed-code.org\n";
+  log<<"List of registered actions:\n";
   log<<actionRegister();
   log.printf("Molecular dynamics engine: %s\n",MDEngine.c_str());
   log.printf("Precision of reals: %d\n",atoms.getRealPrecision());