diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f26029720..587a503a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ _Having problems? want to contribute? join our [community slack](http://devtools
 Istanbul's state of the art command line interface, with support for:
 
 * applications that spawn subprocesses.
-* ES2015 transforms, via [babel-plugin-istanbul](https://github.com/istanbuljs/babel-plugin-istanbul), or source-maps.
+* ES2015 transforms, via [`babel-plugin-istanbul`], or source-maps.
 
 ## Instrumenting your code
 
@@ -62,10 +62,8 @@ stack traces for instrumented code will reflect their original lines.
 
 ### Support for custom require hooks (babel, typescript, etc.)
 
-nyc supports custom require hooks like
-[`babel-register`](http://babeljs.io/docs/usage/require/). nyc can
-load the hooks for you, [using the `--require`
-flag](#require-additional-modules).
+nyc supports custom require hooks like [`@babel/register`]. nyc can load
+the hooks for you, [using the `--require` flag](#require-additional-modules).
 
 Source maps are used to map coverage information back to the appropriate lines
 of the pre-transpiled code. You'll have to configure your custom require hook
@@ -75,8 +73,8 @@ the `sourceMaps` option to `inline`.
 ### Source-Map support for pre-instrumented codebases
 
 If you opt to pre-instrument your source-code (rather than using a just-in-time
-transpiler like [`babel-register`](http://babeljs.io/docs/usage/require/))
-nyc supports both inline source-maps and `.map` files.
+transpiler like [`@babel/register`]) nyc supports both inline source-maps and
+`.map` files.
 
 _Important: If you are using nyc with a project that pre-instruments its code,
 run nyc with the configuration option `--exclude-after-remap` set to `false`.
@@ -85,15 +83,14 @@ covered under exclude rules._
 
 ## Use with `babel-plugin-istanbul` for Babel Support
 
-We recommend using [`babel-plugin-istanbul`](https://github.com/istanbuljs/babel-plugin-istanbul) if your
-project uses the babel tool chain:
+We recommend using [`babel-plugin-istanbul`] if your project uses the babel tool chain:
 
 1. enable the `babel-plugin-istanbul` plugin:
 
   ```json
     {
       "babel": {
-        "presets": ["env"],
+        "presets": ["@babel/env"],
         "env": {
           "test": {
             "plugins": ["istanbul"]
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ project uses the babel tool chain:
   {
     "nyc": {
       "require": [
-        "babel-register"
+        "@babel/register"
       ],
       "sourceMap": false,
       "instrument": false
@@ -251,7 +248,7 @@ an `include` key with a list of globs to specify specific files that should be c
 The `--require` flag can be provided to `nyc` to indicate that additional
 modules should be required in the subprocess collecting coverage:
 
-`nyc --require babel-register --require babel-polyfill mocha`
+`nyc --require @babel/register --require @babel/polyfill mocha`
 
 ## Caching
 
@@ -450,3 +447,6 @@ You can find more tutorials at http://istanbul.js.org/docs/tutorials
 ## Other advanced features
 
 Take a look at http://istanbul.js.org/docs/advanced/ and please feel free to [contribute documentation](https://github.com/istanbuljs/istanbuljs.github.io/tree/development/content).
+
+[`@babel/register`]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babel/register
+[`babel-plugin-istanbul`]: https://github.com/istanbuljs/babel-plugin-istanbul
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index dded71d33..3695b0cee 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ NYC.prototype.getCoverageMapFromAllCoverageFiles = function (baseDirectory) {
     map.merge(report)
   }, baseDirectory)
   // depending on whether source-code is pre-instrumented
-  // or instrumented using a JIT plugin like babel-require
+  // or instrumented using a JIT plugin like @babel/require
   // you may opt to exclude files after applying
   // source-map remapping logic.
   if (this.config.excludeAfterRemap) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/instrument.js b/lib/commands/instrument.js
index b24c0bb56..7c098d9a2 100644
--- a/lib/commands/instrument.js
+++ b/lib/commands/instrument.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ exports.builder = function (yargs) {
     .option('require', {
       alias: 'i',
       default: [],
-      describe: 'a list of additional modules that nyc should attempt to require in its subprocess, e.g., babel-register, babel-polyfill.'
+      describe: 'a list of additional modules that nyc should attempt to require in its subprocess, e.g., @babel/register, @babel/polyfill.'
     })
     .option('extension', {
       alias: 'e',
diff --git a/lib/config-util.js b/lib/config-util.js
index 62e1af1d0..1b28392bc 100644
--- a/lib/config-util.js
+++ b/lib/config-util.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Config.buildYargs = function (cwd) {
     .option('require', {
       alias: 'i',
       default: [],
-      describe: 'a list of additional modules that nyc should attempt to require in its subprocess, e.g., babel-register, babel-polyfill',
+      describe: 'a list of additional modules that nyc should attempt to require in its subprocess, e.g., @babel/register, @babel/polyfill',
       global: false
     })
     .option('eager', {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Config.buildYargs = function (cwd) {
     })
     .pkgConf('nyc', cwd)
     .example('$0 npm test', 'instrument your tests with coverage')
-    .example('$0 --require babel-core/register npm test', 'instrument your tests with coverage and transpile with Babel')
+    .example('$0 --require @babel/register npm test', 'instrument your tests with coverage and transpile with Babel')
     .example('$0 report --reporter=text-lcov', 'output lcov report after running your tests')
     .epilog('visit https://git.io/vHysA for list of available reporters')
     .boolean('h')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56db8550e..d49af3a0c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
     "which": "^1.3.1",
     "zero-fill": "^2.2.3"
   },
+  "engines": {
+      "node": ">=6"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@github.com:istanbuljs/nyc.git"