diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 9005681..1cb9cc8 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ It was inspired by [[https://wiki.ros.org/wstool][wstool]], [[https://github.com
 
     COMMANDS
       fetch  Execute 'git fetch --prune --all' for all found repositories
-      pull   Execute 'git pull' for all found repositories which are behind
-             upstream, includes 'gis fetch'
+      pull   Execute 'git pull --recurse-submodules' for all found repositories
+             which are behind upstream, includes 'gis fetch'
 
     OPTIONS
       -p, --path  PATH  Use PATH for searching Git repositories
diff --git a/gis b/gis
index e4d9bd6..b772335 100755
--- a/gis
+++ b/gis
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ is set, the declared directories will be used instead.
 
 COMMANDS
   fetch  Execute 'git fetch --prune --all' for all found repositories
-  pull   Execute 'git pull' for all found repositories which are behind
-         upstream, includes 'gis fetch'
+  pull   Execute 'git pull --recurse-submodules' for all found repositories
+         which are behind upstream, includes 'gis fetch'
 
 OPTIONS
   -p, --path  PATH  Use PATH for searching Git repositories
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if [ "$pull" == true ]; then
         # Get repository name
         repository_name=$(basename "$dir")
 
-        git pull > >(trap 'kill $! 2> /dev/null' INT TERM; sed "s/^/${text_bold}${text_magenta}${repository_name}${text_reset} /") &
+        git pull --recurse-submodules > >(trap 'kill $! 2> /dev/null' INT TERM; sed "s/^/${text_bold}${text_magenta}${repository_name}${text_reset} /") &
         pull_pids+=("$!")
     done