diff --git a/app/views/projects/import.html.haml b/app/views/projects/import.html.haml
index 1f7fd26c646..4513c89e784 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/import.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/import.html.haml
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
     = form_for @project, url: retry_import_project_path(@project), method: :put, html: { class: 'form-horizontal' } do |f|
       .form-group.import-url-data
         = f.label :import_url, class: 'control-label' do
-          %span Import existing repo
+          %span Import existing git repo
         .col-sm-10
           = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'https://github.com/randx/six.git'
           .bs-callout.bs-callout-info
             This URL must be publicly accessible or you can add a username and password like this: https://username:password@gitlab.com/company/project.git.
             %br
             The import will time out after 4 minutes. For big repositories, use a clone/push combination.
+            For SVN repositories, check #{link_to "this migrating from SVN doc.", "http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/migrating_from_svn.html"}
       .form-actions
         = f.submit 'Retry import', class: "btn btn-create", tabindex: 4
diff --git a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
index 6c986050c45..f5cd0f21e01 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@
         .js-toggle-content.hide
           .form-group.import-url-data
             = f.label :import_url, class: 'control-label' do
-              %span Import existing repo
+              %span Import existing git repo
             .col-sm-10
               = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'https://github.com/randx/six.git'
               .bs-callout.bs-callout-info
                 This URL must be publicly accessible or you can add a username and password like this: https://username:password@gitlab.com/company/project.git.
                 %br
                 The import will time out after 4 minutes. For big repositories, use a clone/push combination.
+                For SVN repositories, check #{link_to "this migrating from SVN doc.", "http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/migrating_from_svn.html"}
       %hr
 
       .form-group
diff --git a/doc/workflow/README.md b/doc/workflow/README.md
index 323ee48f3bc..c9768a98033 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/README.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 - [Groups](groups.md)
 - [Labels](labels.md)
 - [GitLab Flow](gitlab_flow.md)
+- [Migrating from SVN to GitLab](migrating_from_svn.md)