diff --git a/README b/README
index 975ce57e2b..d557df664e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Known issues
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 The following abbreviated list of release notes applies to this code
-base as of this writing (14 January 2010):
+base as of this writing (28 April 2010):
 
 General notes
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@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ General Run-Time Support Notes
 
   http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2006/01/0539.php
 
+  *** NOTE: Open MPI's XGrid support is known to be broken in the 1.3
+      and 1.4 series.  Are you an OS X developer?  We'd love to have
+      someone join us to fix this stuff.
+
 - Open MPI's run-time behavior can be customized via MCA ("MPI
   Component Architecture") parameters (see below for more information
   on how to get/set MCA parameter values).  Some MCA parameters can be