diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3957b8e5..dba67ce8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ DEBUG [9ce34809]  leehambley pts/0        2013-06-13 17:11 (port-11262.pppoe.wtn
  INFO [9ce34809] Finished in 0.420 seconds command successful.
 ```
 
+## VCS Requirements
+
+Capistano requires modern versions of Git, Mercurial and Subversion
+respectively (if you are using that particular VCS). Git Git requirement is at
+least version 1.8.x. Mercurial and Subversion, any modern version should
+suffice.
+
 ## A word about PTYs
 
 There is a configuration option which asks the backend driver to ask the remote host
@@ -312,7 +319,7 @@ To increase the utility of On-Filters they can use regular expressions:
 
 When filters are specified using comma separated lists, the final filter is the _union_ of
 all of the components. However when multiple filters are declared the result is the
-_intersection_. 
+_intersection_.
 
 ## SSHKit