diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -4,16 +4,8 @@ a simple plain text format that's easy t
   http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
 
 It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
-UNIX man page format and HTML.
-
-To do this, you'll need to install the rst2html and rst2man tools,
-which are part of Docutils:
+UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:
 
   http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
 
-The rst2man tool is not yet in a stable Docutils release, you have to
-install their snapshot, which is what they recommend you run anyway:
-
-  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
-
 Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.