diff --git a/src/USER-REAXC/README b/src/USER-REAXC/README
index 7830147200..d7f66d1a74 100644
--- a/src/USER-REAXC/README
+++ b/src/USER-REAXC/README
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ originally developed by Adri van Duin and the Goddard group at
 CalTech.
 
 The USER-REAXC version of ReaxFF (pair_style reax/c), implemented in
-C++, should give identical or very similar results to pair_style reax,
+C, should give identical or very similar results to pair_style reax,
 which is a ReaxFF implementation on top of a Fortran library, a
 version of which was originally authored by Adri van Duin.