diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b477749..cb5e2e07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ unnecessary overhead, which can be removed at build-time using:
 
 **Cgroups**
 
-Finit supports cgroups v2 and comes with the following default groups
-in which services and user sessions are placed in:
+Finit supports cgroups v2 and comes with the following default groups in
+which services and user sessions are placed in:
 
      /sys/fs/cgroup
        |-- init/               # cpu.weight:100
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ The `initctl` tool has three commands to help debug and optimize the
 setup and monitoring of cgroups.  See the `ps`, `top`, and `cgroup`
 commands for details.
 
+> **Note:** systems that do not support cgroups, specifically version 2,
+> are automatically detected.  On such systems the above functionality
+> is disabled early at boot.
+
 
 Runparts & /etc/rc.local
 ------------------------