diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e4dde0e3..e8181e6e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Special thanks to the following for their contributions to the release:
 - [PR #1474](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1474) - Bump versions to 3.18.0
 - [PR #1475](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1475) - Fix log publishing around umitools/ umicollapse
 - [PR #1447](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1447) - Add tutorial series for analysing count data
+- [PR #1518](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1518) - Remove duplicated text in README.md
 
 ## Parameters
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 551cb7fb5..b4eb59468 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ CONTROL_REP1,AEG588A1_S1_L004_R1_001.fastq.gz,AEG588A1_S1_L004_R2_001.fastq.gz,a
 
 Each row represents a fastq file (single-end) or a pair of fastq files (paired end). Rows with the same sample identifier are considered technical replicates and merged automatically. The strandedness refers to the library preparation and will be automatically inferred if set to `auto`.
 
-> **Warning:**
-> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those
-> provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_;
-> see [docs](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
+> [!WARNING]
+> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
 
 Now, you can run the pipeline using:
 
@@ -90,9 +88,6 @@ nextflow run nf-core/rnaseq \
     -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute>
 ```
 
-> [!WARNING]
-> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
-
 For more details and further functionality, please refer to the [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/rnaseq/usage) and the [parameter documentation](https://nf-co.re/rnaseq/parameters).
 
 ## Pipeline output