diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index 6f308e9..9a38009 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ alias pcloud='~/Apps/pcloud'
 alias pandout='~/.scripts/pandout.sh'
 alias pandorm='rm -rf output'
 alias cv='~/.scripts/cv.sh'
+alias dotupdate='git fetch --all && git reset --hard origin/master'
 
 # Hopefully temporary utility aliases:
 alias paren='xmodmap -e "keycode 81=9 parenleft"'
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ alias rm='rm -i'
 alias emacs='emacs -nw'
 alias editalias='emacs ~/.bash_aliases'
 alias open='xdg-open'
-alias articleupload='~/.scripts/articleupload.sh' # requires one filename as argument
\ No newline at end of file
+alias articleupload='~/.scripts/articleupload.sh' # requires one filename as argument
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e68a2c..a012e54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ On Debian-based systems:
 
 ## Updating
 
-Do all editing on the GitLab repo, rather than locally, then update changes on local machines. On local machines, to update from canonical GitLab repo:
+Do all editing on the GitLab repo, rather than locally, then update changes on local machines. On local machines, to update from canonical GitLab repo, use this alias:
 
-    git fetch --all
-    git reset --hard origin/master
+    dotupdate