diff --git a/Advanced Usage.md b/Advanced Usage.md
index 8efa091..886e937 100644
--- a/Advanced Usage.md	
+++ b/Advanced Usage.md	
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ The current page is: /search
 The querystring is: query=hello+world&sort=title
 ````
 
-Most times, however, you might want to parse the "querystring" into a dictionary, to be able to use those values inside your application easily. There are multiple ways of doing that (some as simple as [a few lines of JavaScript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2090551/parse-query-string-in-javascript)), but a good, robust and safe solution is to rely on the popular library [qs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qs).
+Most times, however, you might want to parse the "querystring" into a dictionary, to be able to use those values inside your application easily. There are multiple ways of doing that. The simplest one is using [URLSearchParams](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams) which is available in all modern browsers. If you need support for older browsers, a safe solution is to rely on the popular [qs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qs) library.
 
-For example, changing the component above to:
+Here's an example on using `qs` by changing the component above to:
 
 ````svelte
 <script>
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ With the same URL as before, the result would be:
 {"query":"hello world","sort":"title"}
 ````
 
-qs supports advanced things such as arrays, nested objects, etc. Check out their [README](https://github.com/ljharb/qs) for more information.
+`qs` supports advanced things such as arrays, nested objects, etc. Check out their [README](https://github.com/ljharb/qs) for more information.
 
 ## Route transitions
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79d8fc2..e34a074 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ The current page is: /books
 The querystring is: show=authors,titles&order=1
 ````
 
-It's important to note that, to keep this component lightweight, svelte-spa-router **does not parse** the "querystring". If you want to parse the value of `$querystring`, you can use third-party modules such as [qs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qs) in your application.
+It's important to note that, to keep this component lightweight, svelte-spa-router **does not parse** the "querystring". If you want to parse the value of `$querystring`, you can use [URLSearchParams](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams) available in all modern browsers, or third-party modules such as [qs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qs).
 
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