diff --git a/README b/README
index caee1f1..1aef217 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is a C++ class for reading and writing XML structures
+C++ class for reading and writing XML structures
 
 All informaton can be found in the generated doxygen project documentation.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 725cf05..25d14c5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 #AX_CHECK_QT([QT], [QtCore QtGui QtNetwork], [QtWidgets])
 #AX_QT_NO_KEYWORDS
 
-AX_PKG_REQUIRE(libmrwcxx, libmrw-x++, mrw/string.hxx)
+AX_PKG_REQUIRE(libmrwcxx, libmrw-c++, mrw/string.hxx)
 
 # create output
 AC_OUTPUT