diff --git a/README b/README
index f6377ce..c2edfdc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ suitable for applications running on a single machine. Any object can be stored,
 for a given duration or forever, and the cache can be used safely by multiple
 goroutines.
 
-Although go-cache isn't meant to be used as a database, the entire cache may
-be saved to and loaded from a file (or any io.Reader/Writer) to recover from
-downtime quickly.
+Although go-cache isn't meant to be used as a persistent datastore, the entire
+cache may be saved to and loaded from a file (or any io.Reader/Writer) to recover
+from downtime quickly.
 
 == Installation