diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ configuration generations.
 
 As an example, let us expand the initial configuration file from the
 installation above to install the htop and fortune packages, install
-Emacs with a few extra packages enabled, install Firefox with the
-IcedTea plugin enabled, and enable the user gpg-agent service.
+Emacs with a few extra packages enabled, install Firefox with
+smooth scrolling enabled, and enable the user gpg-agent service.
 
 To satisfy the above setup we should elaborate the
 `~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix` file as follows: