diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93efd2a..e5447f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -627,6 +627,12 @@ that takes effect, but `el-patch` retains a record of both patches,
 meaning they can be inspected and validated individually. See
 [#29](https://github.com/radian-software/el-patch/issues/29).
 
+You may also define patches of functions as `:override` advices
+instead of overriding the original definition. This is done by setting
+`el-patch-use-advice` to a non-nil value (either dynamically around a
+patch or globally). The patched function must have the same name and
+number of arguments as the original function.
+
 ## Usage with byte-compiled init-file
 
 `el-patch` does not need to be loaded at runtime just to define
diff --git a/el-patch.el b/el-patch.el
index 6c7f819..f10048c 100644
--- a/el-patch.el
+++ b/el-patch.el
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ This function lives halfway between `copy-sequence' and
     tree))
 
 (defun el-patch--advice-name (name variant-name)
-  "Return advice name for a given NAME, TYPE and VARIANT-NAME."
+  "Return advice name for a given NAME and VARIANT-NAME."
   (intern
    (format "%S@%s@el-patch--advice"
            name