diff --git a/i3pystatus/updates/aptget.py b/i3pystatus/updates/aptget.py
index 936d265..9938300 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/updates/aptget.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/updates/aptget.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class AptGet(Backend):
         command = "apt-get upgrade -s -o Dir::State::Lists=" + cache_dir
         apt = run_through_shell(command.split())
 
-        out = apt.out.splitlines()
-        out = [line[5:] for line in out if line.startswith("Inst ")]
-        return len(out), out
+        out = apt.out.splitlines(True)
+        out = "".join([line[5:] for line in out if line.startswith("Inst ")])
+        return out.count("\n"), out
 
 Backend = AptGet
 
diff --git a/i3pystatus/updates/yaourt.py b/i3pystatus/updates/yaourt.py
index 9489a42..8855f31 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/updates/yaourt.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/updates/yaourt.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ class Yaourt(Backend):
         status.register("updates", backends = \
 [pacman.Pacman(), yaourt.Yaourt()])
 
-    If you want to count both pacman and aur packages with this module you can
-    set the variable count_only_aur = False like this:
+    To count both pacman and aur packages, pass False in the constructor:
 
     .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ class Yaourt(Backend):
         checkupdates = run_through_shell(command)
         out = checkupdates.out
         if(self.aur_only):
-            out = [line for line in out if line.startswith("aur")]
+            out = "".join([line for line in out.splitlines(True)
+                           if line.startswith("aur")])
         return out.count("\n"), out
 
 Backend = Yaourt