diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index c46328c..00034a9 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ With the castle cloned, you can now link its contents into your home dir:
 
     homesick symlink pickled-vim
 
+If uou use the shorthand syntax for GitHub repositories in your clone, please note you will instead need to run:
+
+    homesick symlink technicalpickles/pickled-vim
+
 If you're not sure what castles you have around, you can easily list them:
 
     homesick list
diff --git a/lib/homesick.rb b/lib/homesick.rb
index 034c1e0..e8acea2 100644
--- a/lib/homesick.rb
+++ b/lib/homesick.rb
@@ -44,13 +44,20 @@ class Homesick < Thor
     end
   end
 
+  desc "pull NAME", "Update the specified castle"
+  def pull(name)
+    check_castle_existance(name, "pull")
+
+    inside repos_dir.join(name) do
+      git_pull
+      git_submodule_init
+      git_submodule_update
+    end
+  end
+
   desc "symlink NAME", "Symlinks all dotfiles from the specified castle"
   def symlink(name)
-    unless castle_dir(name).exist?
-      say_status :error, "Could not symlink #{name}, expected #{castle_dir(name)} exist and contain dotfiles", :red
-
-      exit(1)
-    end
+    check_castle_existance(name, "symlink")
 
     inside castle_dir(name) do
       files = Pathname.glob('.*').reject{|a| [".",".."].include?(a.to_s)}
@@ -106,9 +113,16 @@ class Homesick < Thor
     @repos_dir ||= home_dir.join('.homesick', 'repos').expand_path
   end
 
-
   def castle_dir(name)
     repos_dir.join(name, 'home')
   end
 
+  def check_castle_existance(name, action)
+    unless castle_dir(name).exist?
+      say_status :error, "Could not #{action} #{name}, expected #{castle_dir(name)} exist and contain dotfiles", :red
+
+      exit(1)
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/homesick/actions.rb b/lib/homesick/actions.rb
index f815714..2e6b6ea 100644
--- a/lib/homesick/actions.rb
+++ b/lib/homesick/actions.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class Homesick
       system "git submodule --quiet update >/dev/null 2>&1" unless options[:pretend]
     end
 
+    def git_pull(config = {})
+      say_status 'git pull', '', :green unless options[:quiet]
+      system "git pull --quiet" unless options[:pretend]
+    end
+
     def ln_s(source, destination, config = {})
       source = Pathname.new(source)
       destination = Pathname.new(destination)