diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 4b21790c2d..c63e4bc7d1 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ To manually generate a new stable release you can run:
 ./scripts/release.sh atlascli/v1.0.0
 ```
 
-**Note:** Please use the `atlascli/vX.Y.Z` or `mongocli/vX.Y.Z` format for the version to release 
+**Note:** Please use the `atlascli/vX.Y.Z` format for the version to release 
 
 This will do the following things:
 1. Tag a new version, ie: `git tag -a -s atlascli/v1.0.0 -m "atlascli/v1.0.0"`
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index f5aa53356e..8628226d5b 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 VERSION="${1-}"
 
 if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
-	echo "Please provide a tag version in the format 'mongocli/vX.Y.Z' or 'atlascli/vX.Y.Z'"
+	echo "Please provide a tag version in the format 'atlascli/vX.Y.Z'"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ "${VERSION}" != mongocli/v* ]] && [[ "${VERSION}" != atlascli/v* ]]; then
-	echo "Please provide a tag version in the format 'mongocli/vX.Y.Z' or 'atlascli/vX.Y.Z'"
+	echo "Please provide a tag version in the format  'atlascli/vX.Y.Z'"
 	exit 1
 fi