--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ hgsubversion
 hgsubversion is an extension for Mercurial that allows using Mercurial
 as a Subversion client.
 
-Right now it is *not* ready for production use. You should only be
-using this if you're ready to hack on it, and go diving into the
-internals of Mercurial and/or Subversion.
+At this point, hgsubversion is usable by users reasonably familiar with
+Mercurial as a VCS. It's not recommended to dive into hgsubversion as an
+introduction to Mercurial, since hgsubversion "bends the rules" a little
+and violates some of the typical assumptions of early Mercurial users.
 
 Installation
 ------------
@@ -74,4 +75,3 @@ being prefixed by a single space*.
 
 The creation or modification of this file will trigger ``svn:externals``
 updates on the related subversion repository.
-