diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 9eb978c..0af8858 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ check out:
 - `vignette("mutations")` for a discussion on how to motify data frames when in
 this format
 
-- `vignette("column-types")` to see how to handle column-level missing reasons
+- `vignette("column-types")` to see how to handle variable-level missing reasons
 
 - `vignette("coded-data")` for some recipies for working with coded data (e.g.
 data produced by SPSS, SAS or Stata)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24be8a2..5137dab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ check out:
 - `vignette("mutations")` for a discussion on how to motify data frames
   when in this format
 
-- `vignette("column-types")` to see how to handle column-level missing
+- `vignette("column-types")` to see how to handle variable-level missing
   reasons
 
 - `vignette("coded-data")` for some recipies for working with coded data