diff --git a/README b/README
index 00b0062fbf..7cda5f2b3e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is the LAMMPS (10 Sept 2010) software package.
+This is the LAMMPS software package.
 
 LAMMPS stands for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel
 Simulator.
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ The primary author of the code is Steve Plimpton, who can be emailed
 at sjplimp@sandia.gov.  The LAMMPS WWW Site at lammps.sandia.gov has
 more information about the code and its uses.
 
-The LAMMPS (10 Sept 2010) distribution includes the following files
-and directories:
+The LAMMPS distribution includes the following files and directories:
 
 README			   this file
 LICENSE			   the GNU General Public License (GPL)