diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: rlas
 Type: Package
 Title: Read and Write 'las' and 'laz' Binary File Formats Used for Remote Sensing Data
-Version: 1.8.0
+Version: 1.8.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jean-Romain", "Roussel", email = "jean-romain.roussel.1@ulaval.ca", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph")),
     person("Florian", "De Boissieu", email = "", role = c("aut", "ctb"), comment = "Enable the support of .lax file and extra byte attributes"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+### rlas v1.8.1
+
+- Removed a `boost` header still included in the code.
+
 ### rlas v1.8.0
 
-- Internal changes to appease CRAN: remove dependency to boost
+- Internal changes to appease CRAN: remove dependency to `boost`
 
 ### rlas v1.7.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 R package to read and write `.las` and `.laz` binary files used to store LiDAR data.
 
-`rlas` relies on a modified version of `LASlib` and `LASzip` that were modified to be compatible with `R`. The library can therefore be compiled into `R` without any complaints from `R CMD check`. It enables R users to read and write binary files commonly used to store LiDAR data. LAS version 1.0 to 1.4 are supported.
+This package is used by the [`lidR`](https://github.com/r-lidar/lidR) package and is not intended to be used by regular users. Everything you need is in the `lidR` package with a high-level front end. Only package developers who would like to build something new from a low-level API might be interested in `rlas`.
+
+`rlas` relies on a modified version of `LASlib` and `LASzip` that were modified to be compatible with `R`. The library can therefore be compiled into `R` without any complaints from `R CMD check`. It enables R users to read and write binary files commonly used to store LiDAR data. LAS/LAZ version 1.0 to 1.4 are supported.
 
 ```r
 library(rlas)