diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f051be7785..05fff4ba058 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Support this project by [becoming a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/pnpm#spo
 ## Background
 
 pnpm uses a content-addressable filesystem to store all files from all module directories on a disk.
-When using npm or Yarn, if you have 100 projects using lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk.
+When using npm, if you have 100 projects using lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk.
 With pnpm, lodash will be stored in a content-addressable storage, so:
 
 1. If you depend on different versions of lodash, only the files that differ are added to the store.
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/README.md b/packages/pnpm/README.md
index 35147c35ba6..31dd66265ce 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/README.md
+++ b/packages/pnpm/README.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Support this project by [becoming a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/pnpm#spo
 ## Background
 
 pnpm uses a content-addressable filesystem to store all files from all module directories on a disk.
-When using npm or Yarn, if you have 100 projects using lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk.
+When using npm, if you have 100 projects using lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk.
 With pnpm, lodash will be stored in a content-addressable storage, so:
 
 1. If you depend on different versions of lodash, only the files that differ are added to the store.