diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d2d8a243f..347a49962d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-ECL2-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/master/LICENSE.md)
 [![Github Downloads All Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/nwchemgit/nwchem/total.svg)](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases)
 [![Github Downloads Release 6.8](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/nwchemgit/nwchem/v6.8-release/total.svg)](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/tag/v6.8-release)
-[![Github Downloads Release 6.8.1](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/nwchemgit/nwchem/v6.8-release/total.svg)](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/tag/6.8.1-release)
+[![Github Downloads Release 6.8.1](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/nwchemgit/nwchem/6.8.1-release/total.svg)](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/tag/6.8.1-release)
 
 [![All Releases tags](https://img.shields.io/github/release/nwchemgit/nwchem/all.svg)](https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases)  
 [![EMSL](https://rawgit.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/master/contrib/git.nwchem/emsl_logo2.svg)](https://www.emsl.pnl.gov)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ git clone  -b hotfix/release-6-8 https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem.git nwchem-
 
 Release files available at the page  
 https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/tag/6.8.1-release   
-Tar file for download:  
+Tar files for download:  
 https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/download/6.8.1-release/nwchem-6.8.1-release.revision-v6.8-133-ge032219-srconly.2018-06-14.tar.bz2   
 https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/releases/download/6.8.1-release/nwchem-6.8.1-release.revision-v6.8-133-ge032219-nonsrconly.2018-06-14.tar.bz2  
 Release notes available at