diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 998e2e1..df75bf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ print('profile.lastname' in d) # -> True
 
 ```python
 # Clean the current dict removing all empty values: None, '', {}, [], ().
-# If strings, dicts or lists args are set to False, related empty values will be ignored.
+# If strings, dicts or lists flags are False, related empty values will not be deleted.
 d.clean(strings=True, dicts=True, lists=True)
 ```
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 844c919..be965d1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ API
 .. code:: python
 
     # Clean the current dict removing empty values: None, '', {}, [], ().
-    # If strings, dicts or lists args are set to False, related empty values will be ignored.
+    # If strings, dicts or lists flags are False, related empty values will not be deleted.
     d.clean(strings=True, dicts=True, lists=True)
 
 .. code:: python