diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 212439e2..bfe608b8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ See `the similar code, sans Requests <https://gist.github.com/973705>`_.
 Requests allows you to send *organic, grass-fed* HTTP/1.1 requests, without the
 need for manual labor. There's no need to manually add query strings to your
 URLs, or to form-encode your POST data. Keep-alive and HTTP connection pooling
-are 100% automatic, powered by `urllib3 <https://github.com/shazow/urllib3>`_,
-which is embedded within Requests.
+are 100% automatic, thanks to `urllib3 <https://github.com/shazow/urllib3>`_.
 
 Besides, all the cool kids are doing it. Requests is one of the most
 downloaded Python packages of all time, pulling in over 11,000,000 downloads
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 1db8e114..4caf556a 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ See `similar code, sans Requests <https://gist.github.com/973705>`_.
 **Requests** allows you to send *organic, grass-fed* HTTP/1.1 requests, without the
 need for manual labor. There's no need to manually add query strings to your
 URLs, or to form-encode your POST data. Keep-alive and HTTP connection pooling
-are 100% automatic, powered by `urllib3 <https://github.com/shazow/urllib3>`_,
-which is embedded within Requests.
+are 100% automatic, thanks to `urllib3 <https://github.com/shazow/urllib3>`_.
 
 User Testimonials
 -----------------