diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ec796a..763a149 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ cd dotfiles
 ln -s .bashrc ~/.bashrc
 ```
 
-The repository also includes a `./install.sh` convenience script which installs required dependencies and uses GNU Stow to create an automated symlink farm. Currently, this script only works
+The repository also includes a `./install.sh` convenience script which installs required dependencies and recursively symlinks files to the user's home directory. Currently, this script only works
 on Arch Linux based distributions (which have the pacman command).