diff --git a/README b/README
index ee1d3c880e760489b63429dc69ad188ed264af96..d3ff05e02fff34b68654a5f55d2779bd544ee604 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ You can subscribe to our mailing lists:
 
   https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/gstreamer-devel
 
+Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GStreamer
+
 We track bugs, feature requests and merge requests (patches) in GitLab at
 
   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/
diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit.hook b/hooks/pre-commit.hook
index 3c1062b9e03da90ad621063ca802534fff280053..6f177402b3481153c5a07602edc020e6ace34a37 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-commit.hook
+++ b/hooks/pre-commit.hook
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Check that the code follows a consistant code style
+# Check that the code follows a consistent code style
 #
 
 # Check for existence of indent, and error out if not present.
diff --git a/update-readmes b/update-readmes
index 1eb9912b45ef754bba44bbd6f25072433f8940a8..b216396eba0ba13326efb34c45dde210b60a3dd0 100755
--- a/update-readmes
+++ b/update-readmes
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 README_FILES="README README.static-linking MAINTAINERS"
 
-if [ ! -f "common/update-readmes" -o ! -f configure.ac ]; then
+if [ ! -f "common/update-readmes" -o ! -f meson_options.txt ]; then
   echo "Run ./common/update-readmes from the top-level source directory of a GStreamer module";
   exit 1;
 fi
 
-MAJOR_VERSION=`grep '^AC_INIT' configure.ac | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
-MINOR_VERSION=`grep '^AC_INIT' configure.ac | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\2/'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`head -n 5 meson.build  | grep -e '^\s*version\s*:' | sed -e "s%^\s*version\s*:\s*'%%" -e "s%',%%" | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+MINOR_VERSION=`head -n 5 meson.build  | grep -e '^\s*version\s*:' | sed -e "s%^\s*version\s*:\s*'%%" -e "s%',%%" | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\2/'`
 
 if test x$MAJOR_VERSION = x -o x$MINOR_VERSION = x ; then
   echo "Failed to extract major/minor version";