diff --git a/src/mlpack/bindings/julia/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mlpack/bindings/julia/CMakeLists.txt
index 275faafe68..b1b3dd686e 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/bindings/julia/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mlpack/bindings/julia/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (BUILD_JULIA_BINDINGS)
       "\"\"\"\n"
       "    serialize_bin(stream::IO, model)\n"
       "\n"
-      "Serialize an mlpack model `model` in the binary boost::serialization\n"
+      "Serialize an mlpack model `model` in the binary cereal\n"
       "format to the given `stream`.  Example:\n"
       "\n"
       "```julia\n"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if (BUILD_JULIA_BINDINGS)
       "lr_model = mlpack.deserialize_bin(stream, LogisticRegression)\n"
       "```\n"
       "\n"
-      "Only use this if you have saved the model in the boost::serialization\n"
+      "Only use this if you have saved the model in the cereal\n"
       "binary format using `serialize_bin()` or an mlpack binding in another\n"
       "language!  If you used `Serialization.serialize()` to serialize your\n"
       "model, then use `Serialization.deserialize()` to deserialize it.\n"
diff --git a/src/mlpack/bindings/python/mlpack/serialization.hpp b/src/mlpack/bindings/python/mlpack/serialization.hpp
index b4f8c2d17c..27e5a8010f 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/bindings/python/mlpack/serialization.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/bindings/python/mlpack/serialization.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file bindings/python/mlpack/serialization.hpp
  * @author Ryan Curtin
  *
- * Simple utilities for boost::serialization.
+ * Simple utilities for cereal.
  *
  * mlpack is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
  * terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of the
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ std::string SerializeOut(T* t, const std::string& name)
   {
     boost::archive::binary_oarchive b(oss);
 
-    b << boost::serialization::make_nvp(name.c_str(), *t);
+    b << cereal::make_nvp(name.c_str(), *t);
   }
   return oss.str();
 }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void SerializeIn(T* t, const std::string& str, const std::string& name)
   std::istringstream iss(str);
   boost::archive::binary_iarchive b(iss);
 
-  b >> boost::serialization::make_nvp(name.c_str(), *t);
+  b >> cereal::make_nvp(name.c_str(), *t);
 }
 
 } // namespace python