diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Installing from source
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 1. Make sure you have a [Go language](http://golang.org/doc/install)
-compiler and [git](http://git-scm.com) installed.
+compiler >= 1.1 and [git](http://git-scm.com) installed.
 2. Checkout the source code
 
    ```bash