diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f7195d..4713e19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Blog post coming.
 
 ### A Quick Tour
     // See ./examples/tour.js
-    var sys = require("sys");
+    var util = require('util');
     var redis = require("redis-node");
     var client = redis.createClient();    // Create the client
     client.select(2);                     // Select database 2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Blog post coming.
     // The commands are also idiomatic
     client.hmset("hash", { t: "rex", steg: "asaurus" }, function (err, status) {
       if (err) throw err;
-      sys.log(status); // true
+      util.log(status); // true
     });
 
     // Support for transactions
diff --git a/examples/tour.js b/examples/tour.js
index 4278a03..5d3b7bd 100644
--- a/examples/tour.js
+++ b/examples/tour.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Run using
 //    node examples/tour.js
-var sys = require("sys");
+var util = require('util');
 var redis = require("redis-node");
 var client = redis.createClient();    // Create the client
 client.select(2);                     // Select database 2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ client.set("hello", "world");
 // The commands are also idiomatic
 client.hmset("hash", { t: "rex", steg: "asaurus" }, function (err, status) {
   if (err) throw err;
-  sys.log(status); // true
+  util.log(status); // true
 });
 
 // Support for transactions
diff --git a/test/vows.js b/test/vows.js
index ee7d164..50b3298 100644
--- a/test/vows.js
+++ b/test/vows.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // TODO Allow passing of arrays to mset
 // TODO Test sort with STORE option
 
-var sys = require("sys"),
+var util = require('util'),
     vows = require("vows"),
     assert = require("assert"),
     redis = require("../lib/redis"),