diff --git a/README.dependencies b/README.dependencies
index 2239492871..0b16ca7b83 100644
--- a/README.dependencies
+++ b/README.dependencies
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ Libraries/Deps
   gtk+3			3.14.0
   guile			2.2.0 or 2.0.0
   libxml2		2.5.10
-  gettext		0.19.6
+  gettext               0.19.6                  Can use older if you pass
+                                                -DALLOW_OLD_CMAKE to cmake;
+                                                doesn't include all file types
+                                                when building gnucash.pot.
   libxslt, including xsltproc
   ICU                                           International Compnents for
                                                 Unicode