diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f31cd7..8f64f54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ the 'cjk' feature:
     pip install wordfreq[cjk]
 
 Tokenizing Chinese depends on the `jieba` package, tokenizing Japanese depends
-on `mecab-python` and `ipadic`, and tokenizing Korean depends on `mecab-python`
+on `mecab-python3` and `ipadic`, and tokenizing Korean depends on `mecab-python3`
 and `mecab-ko-dic`.
 
 As of version 2.4.2, you no longer have to install dictionaries separately.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 098b07b..d5e0429 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ setup(
     install_requires=dependencies,
 
     # mecab-python3 is required for looking up Japanese or Korean word
-    # frequencies. In turn, it depends on libmecab-dev being installed on the
-    # system. It's not listed under 'install_requires' because wordfreq should
-    # be usable in other languages without it.
+    # frequencies. It's not listed under 'install_requires' because wordfreq
+    # should be usable in other languages without it.
     #
     # Similarly, jieba is required for Chinese word frequencies.
     extras_require={