diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.md b/docs/RELEASE.md
index f67cef32..c964407a 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASE.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   tracked by git
 * Ensure `docs/CHANGELOG.md` contains a one-line summary of each [notable
   change](https://keepachangelog.com/) since the prior release
-* Update `setup.py` and `tuf/__init__.py` to the new version number vA.B.C
+* Update `setup.cfg` and `tuf/__init__.py` to the new version number vA.B.C
 * Test packaging, uploading to Test PyPI and installing from a virtual environment
   (ensure commands invoking `python` below are using Python 3)
   * Remove existing dist build dirs
diff --git a/tuf/__init__.py b/tuf/__init__.py
index e56bdf94..cca809ba 100755
--- a/tuf/__init__.py
+++ b/tuf/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This value is used in the requests user agent.
-# setup.py has it hard-coded separately.
+# setup.cfg has it hard-coded separately.
 # Currently, when the version is changed, it must be set in both locations.
 # TODO: Single-source the version number.
 __version__ = "0.19.0"