diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index edba50ca0b3..943aa611863 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-12-16  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gcc_release: Make snapshots from the GCC 3.3 branch.
+	* snapshot-README: Update.
+
 2002-09-23  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* update_version: Do not check in files which are unchanged.
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index 45169e78f76..418899cbbab 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ if [ $SNAPSHOT -eq 0 ]; then
   fi
 else
   RELEASE=$DATE
-  # For now snapshots come from the mainline.
-  BRANCH=HEAD
+  # For now snapshots come from the 3.3 branch.
+  BRANCH=gcc-3_3-branch
   FTP_PATH="${FTP_PATH}/snapshots/${LONG_DATE}"
   TAG=gcc_ss_${DATE}
 
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/snapshot-README b/maintainer-scripts/snapshot-README
index 9425bf2f8cb..37106929e43 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/snapshot-README
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/snapshot-README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ gcc-ss-@DATE@ is now available on
   ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/@LONG_DATE@
 and on various mirrors, see http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html for details.
 
-This snapshot has been generated from the GCC CVS HEAD.
+This snapshot has been generated from the GCC CVS 3.3 branch.
 
 You'll find: