diff --git a/README b/README
index 3baa076473..41c682d14b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ github.com/farsightsec/fstrm and libprotobuf-c https://
 developers.google.com/protocol-buffers, and BIND must be configured with
 --enable-dnstap.
 
-Certain compiled-in constants and default settings can be increased to
+Certain compiled-in constants and default settings can be decreased to
 values better suited to small machines, e.g. OpenWRT boxes, by specifying
 --with-tuning=small on the configure command line. This will decrease
 memory usage by using smaller structures, but will degrade performance.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 970c846d60..be07b54ac2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ and `libprotobuf-c`
 [https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers),
 and BIND must be configured with `--enable-dnstap`.
 
-Certain compiled-in constants and default settings can be increased to
+Certain compiled-in constants and default settings can be decreased to
 values better suited to small machines, e.g. OpenWRT boxes, by specifying
 `--with-tuning=small` on the `configure` command line. This will decrease
 memory usage by using smaller structures, but will degrade performance.