diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 979f5b5..2220cd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ Formating helpers are available in helpers.py. Example usage:
 
 Exception Handling
 ----------------
-The QuickbooksException object contains additional information from QBO.  
+The QuickbooksException object contains additional [QBO error code](https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/troubleshooting/error-codes#id1) information. 
+
 
     from quickbooks.exceptions import QuickbooksException
 
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ The QuickbooksException object contains additional information from QBO.
         # perform a Quickbooks operation
     except QuickbooksException as e:
         e.message # contains the error message returned from QBO
-        e.error_code # contains the [QBO error code](https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/troubleshooting/error-codes#id1) 
+        e.error_code # contains the  
         e.detail # contains additional information when available  
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f35201..e636835 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 intuit-oauth==1.2.3
 rauth>=0.7.1
-requests>=2.23.0
+requests>=2.19.1
 simplejson>=3.17.0
 six>=1.14.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8cb0bc1..a3c1ef3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def read(*parts):
         'setuptools',
         'intuit-oauth==1.2.3',
         'rauth>=0.7.1',
-        'requests>=2.23.0',
+        'requests>=2.19.1',
         'simplejson>=3.17.0',
         'six>=1.14.0',
         'python-dateutil',