diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index 1d7085f913c..eb24bbd34b4 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ General:
 
  * Incomplete thread/process scheduling support in Win32 code.
 
- * Threading for non Linux systems completely missing. (might use
-   LWPs in Solaris, FreeBSD? NetBSD? SCO?)
+ * Threading for some operating systems still missing. (NetBSD? SCO? OS/2?)
 
  * Very alpha printing code using win16 drivers.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 82196ab03c5..db8c956e007 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ that you wrote it.
 
 2. COMPILATION
 
-To compile Wine, you must have one of:
+To compile and run Wine, you must have one of:
 
-	Linux version 0.99.13 or above
-	NetBSD-current
-	FreeBSD-current or FreeBSD 1.1 or later
-	OpenBSD/i386 2.1 or later
+	Linux version 2.0.36 or above
+	FreeBSD-current or FreeBSD 3.0 or later
 	Solaris x86 2.5 or later
 
 You also need to have libXpm installed on your system. The sources for
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ it are probably available on the ftp site where you got Wine. They can
 also be found on ftp.x.org and all its mirror sites. If you are using
 RedHat, install the xpm and xpm-devel packages.
 
-On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.0 is required. You also need flex and yacc.
+On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required. You also need flex and yacc.
 Bison will work as a replacement for yacc. If you are using RedHat, 
 install the flex and bison packages.