diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8d73d7ba2..221f3a8ae9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ Consul provides several key features:
 * **Multi-Datacenter** - Consul is built to be datacenter aware, and can
   support any number of regions without complex configuration.
 
-Consul runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It is recommended to run the
-Consul servers only on Linux, however.
+Consul runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Windows.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ $ bin/consul
 ...
 ```
 
-*note: `make` will also place a copy of the binary in the first part of your $GOPATH*
+*Note: `make` will also place a copy of the binary in the first part of your `$GOPATH`.*
 
 You can run tests by typing `make test`.
 
@@ -85,4 +84,4 @@ with MinGW.
 ## Vendoring
 
 Consul currently uses [govendor](https://github.com/kardianos/govendor) for
-vendoring.
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+vendoring.