diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c657e0..935ae69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ HardenedBSD ports tree. It's designed to make it easy
 for unprivileged users who are members of the `_portzap`
 group to create and update a transient copy of the ports
 tree, which can then be installed into the `/usr/ports/`
-directory by the root user. Once the initial installation
-is done, future updates are incremental, which means that
+directory by root. Once the initial installation is done,
+future updates are incremental, which means that
 portzap will only add, remove or update ports that have
 changed since the last update.