diff --git a/README b/README
index 42ea50b501ea..293f9890bf70 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -271,8 +271,11 @@ Solaris: When using Sun's C compiler with threads, at least on Solaris
         versions built using it.  This mistakenly enables the
         -zcombreloc option which creates broken shared libraries on
         Solaris.  binutils 2.12 works, and the binutils maintainers
-        are aware of the problem.  Binutils 2.13.1 only partially fixed
-        things.  It appears that 2.13.2 solves the problem completely.
+        are aware of the problem.  Binutils 2.13.1 only partially
+        fixed things.  It appears that 2.13.2 solves the problem
+        completely.  This problem is known to occur with Solaris 2.7
+        and 2.8, but may also affect earlier and later versions of the
+        OS.
 
 	When the dynamic loader complains about errors finding shared
 	libraries, such as