diff --git a/README b/README
index 392d7eb2..06b57840 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ HOW TO BUILD QT5
      configure -prefix %CD%\qtbase -opensource -nomake tests
      nmake // jom // mingw32-make
 
-     For MinGW (gcc version 4.6 or later), ensure that the compiler can
-     be found in the path.
-
      To accelerate the bootstrap of qmake with MSVC, it may be useful to pass
      "-make-tool jom" on the configure command line. If you do not use jom,
      adding "/MP" to the CL environment variable is a good idea.
@@ -124,3 +121,4 @@ HOW TO BUILD QT5
  =====================
  See http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building-Qt-5-from-Git and README.git
  for more information.
+ See http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5 for the reference platforms.