diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin
index 904cbb44..b9aa0eb1 100755
--- a/README.cygwin
+++ b/README.cygwin
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-The cygwin dbus port is included in master branch of
-dbus git repository since 1.3.1.
+The cygwin dbus port is included in dbus' main git repository since 1.3.1.
 
 The cygwin port of dbus is maintained by:
 
diff --git a/README.win b/README.win
index 8183b216..6338c628 100644
--- a/README.win
+++ b/README.win
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ file INSTALL for more information.
 
 windbus and dbus4win Ports
 --------------------------
-The Windows ports from the windbus and dbus4win projects has been merged
-into the freedesktop git master branch, as applicable. The spec has been
-updated with windows specific stuff.
+Very old versions of dbus only supported Unix plaforms, with third-party
+Windows ports available from the windbus and dbus4win projects.
+Those projects have been merged into dbus' main git repository,
+making the third-party ports obsolete. Similarly, the specification
+has been updated with Windows-specific details.
 
 
 Tests