diff --git a/README b/README
index f123011..8aa981a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Other things you'll need:
   get it from Red Hat's ftp site.
 
   If you want to convert packages into debian packages, you will need the
-  dpkg, dpkg-dev, and debhelper packages, which are available on the Debian
-  ftp site.
+  dpkg, dpkg-dev, and debhelper (version 3 or above) packages, which are
+  available on the Debian ftp site.
 
   To convert to/from stampede packages, you will need bzip2, get it from
 	http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html