diff --git a/mpv/README b/mpv/README
index c661176ae..4634bffb0 100644
--- a/mpv/README
+++ b/mpv/README
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ NOTES
 For optical audio/dvd/blu-ray playback you need to install
 "libcdio-paranoia libdvdnav libbluray", respectively.
 
-To use Vulkan API add "--vo=gpu --gpu-api=vulkan" to mpv.
+To take advantage of shell completions, install either zsh or 
+bash-completion before building mpv.
 
-To take advantage of shell completions, install either zsh
-or bash-completion before building mpv.
+The choice of video backend is left up to the user, in order for 
+this port to satisfy a variety of use-cases (e.g., Wayland-only,
+X11 with SDL, X11 without SDL). Before building this port, make
+sure to install the desired optional dependencies for your
+use-case (e.g., libvdpau, xorg-libxpresent, libsdl2). If you build 
+mpv with *only* its hard dependencies present, you should expect a 
+crippled package.