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diff --git a/README b/README
index f498a2f2..24789b3d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ For building on Windows:
    -f Makefile.vc' to build all the PuTTY binaries.
 
    Last time we checked, PuTTY built with vanilla VC7, or VC6 with
-   an up-to-date Platform SDK. (It is possible to build with
-   vanilla VC6, but you'll have to remove some functionality with
-   directives such as NO_IPV6.)
+   an up-to-date Platform SDK. (It might still be possible to build
+   with vanilla VC6, but you'll certainly have to remove some
+   functionality with directives such as NO_IPV6.)
 
-   (We've also had one report of success building with the
+   (We've also had reports of success building with the
    OpenWatcom compiler -- www.openwatcom.org -- using Makefile.vc
    with `wmake -ms -f makefile.vc' and NO_MULTIMON, although we
-   haven't tried this ourselves.)
+   haven't tried this ourselves. Version 1.3 is reported to work.)
 
  - Inside the windows/MSVC subdirectory are MS Visual Studio project
    files for doing GUI-based builds of the various PuTTY utilities.
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ For building on Windows:
 
  - windows/Makefile.cyg is for Cygwin / mingw32 installations. Type
    `make -f Makefile.cyg' while in the `windows' subdirectory to
-   build all the PuTTY binaries. Note that by default the multiple
-   monitor support is excluded from the Cygwin build, since at the
-   time of writing Cygwin doesn't include the necessary headers.
+   build all the PuTTY binaries.
+
+   You'll probably need quite a recent version of the w32api package.
+   Note that by default the multiple monitor and HTML Help support are
+   excluded from the Cygwin build, since at the time of writing Cygwin
+   doesn't include the necessary headers.
 
  - windows/Makefile.lcc is for lcc-win32. Type `make -f
    Makefile.lcc' while in the `windows' subdirectory. (You will
@@ -53,6 +56,11 @@ For building on Windows:
  - Inside the windows/DEVCPP subdirectory are Dev-C++ project
    files for doing GUI-based builds of the various PuTTY utilities.
 
+The PuTTY team actively use Makefile.vc (with VC7) and Makefile.cyg
+(with mingw32), so we'll probably notice problems with those
+toolchains fairly quickly. Please report any problems with the other
+toolchains mentioned above.
+
 For building on Unix:
 
  - unix/configure is for Unix and GTK. If you don't have GTK, you
@@ -63,13 +71,16 @@ For building on Unix:
    Note that Unix PuTTY has mostly only been tested on Linux so far;
    portability problems such as BSD-style ptys or different header file
    requirements are expected.
- 
- - unix/Makefile.gtk is for non-autoconfigured builds. This makefile
-   expects you to change into the `unix' subdirectory, then run `make
-   -f Makefile.gtk'.
 
- - For the graphical utilities, Gtk+-1.2 is required. Gtk+-2.0 is not
-   yet supported.
+ - unix/Makefile.gtk and unix/Makefile.ux are for non-autoconfigured
+   builds. These makefiles expect you to change into the `unix'
+   subdirectory, then run `make -f Makefile.gtk' or `make -f
+   Makefile.ux' respectively. Makefile.gtk builds all the programs but
+   relies on Gtk, whereas Makefile.ux builds only the command-line
+   utilities and has no Gtk dependence.
+
+ - For the graphical utilities, Gtk+-1.2 and Gtk+-2.0 should both be
+   supported.
 
  - Both Unix Makefiles have an `install' target. Note that by default
    it tries to install `man' pages, which you may need to have built