diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ To build the JSON interface and run the unit tests, it also requires QuickCheck2
 
 On Ubuntu and similar, these are called:
   ghc libghc-parsec3-dev libghc-json-dev libghc-regex-compat-dev libghc-quickcheck2-dev
-For older releases of Ubuntu and similar use instead:
+For older releases, you may have to use:
   ghc6 libghc6-parsec3-dev libghc6-quickcheck2-dev libghc6-json-dev libghc-regex-compat-dev
 
 Executables can be built with cabal. Tests currently still rely on a Makefile.