diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ goals of PDFio are:
 
 - Read and write any version of PDF file
 - Provide access to pages, objects, and streams within a PDF file
-- Support reading of encrypted PDF files
+- Support reading and writing of encrypted PDF files
 - Extract or embed useful metadata (author, creator, page information, etc.)
 - "Filter" PDF files, for example to extract a range of pages or to embed fonts
   that are missing from a PDF
diff --git a/doc/pdfio.md b/doc/pdfio.md
index 95ab285..5bea27d 100644
--- a/doc/pdfio.md
+++ b/doc/pdfio.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Introduction
 PDFio is a simple C library for reading and writing PDF files.  The primary
 goals of pdfio are:
 
-- Read any PDF file with or without encryption or linearization
-- Write PDF files without encryption or linearization
+- Read and write any version of PDF file
+- Provide access to pages, objects, and streams within a PDF file
+- Support reading and writing of encrypted PDF files
 - Extract or embed useful metadata (author, creator, page information, etc.)
 - "Filter" PDF files, for example to extract a range of pages or to embed fonts
   that are missing from a PDF