diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8bc575ee..1d01d8b7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Dependencies
 Optional Dependencies
 ---------------------
 - **Django Integration:** Django>=1.4.0 for Python 2.x or PyPy and Django>=1.5.0 for Python 3.x
-- **Image Fields**: Pillow>=2.0.0 or PIL (not recommended since MongoEngine is tested with Pillow)
+- **Image Fields**: Pillow>=2.0.0
 - dateutil>=2.1.0
 
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