diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index 187aac2..22a0511 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -262,8 +262,10 @@ vcs_commit() {
 vcs_update() {
 	# Unlike svn, DVCSes don't push the changes to their origins immediately.
 	# That's why we don't force update to it right here.
-	if [ ${SC_VCS} = svn -o ${SC_VCS} = cvs ]; then
-		${SC_VCS} up -- "${@}" || say "Warning: ${SC_VCS} up failed, trying to proceed anyway."
+	if [ ${SC_VCS} = svn ]; then
+		svn up -- "${@}" || say "Warning: ${SC_VCS} up failed, trying to proceed anyway."
+	elif [ ${SC_VCS} = cvs ]; then
+		cvs up -d -P -- "${@}" || say "Warning: ${SC_VCS} up failed, trying to proceed anyway."
 	fi
 }