README

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8675be9..d09b640 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # cabal-helper
 
-`cabal-helper` provides a library which wraps the internal use of executables
-to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of GHC before
-`7.10`.
+`cabal-helper` provides a library which wraps the internal use of
+anexecutable to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of
+GHC before `7.10`. This has the pleasant side effect of isolating the user
+from having to deal with Cabal version changes manually as `cabal-helper`
+can simply recompile it's helper program automatically as needed.
 
 `cabal-helper` uses a wrapper executable to compile the actual cabal-helper
 executable at runtime while linking against an arbitrary version of
 Cabal. This runtime-compiled helper executable is then used to extract
-various bits and peices from Cabal on disk state (dist/setup-config) written
-by it's configure command.
+various bits and peices from Cabal's on disk state (dist/setup-config)
+written by it's configure command.
 
 In addition to this the wrapper executable also supports installing any
 version of Cabal from hackage in case it cannot be found in any available
@@ -20,7 +22,8 @@ Furthermore the wrapper supports one special case namely reading a state
 file for Cabal itself. This is needed as Cabal compiles it's Setup.hs using
 itself and not using any version of Cabal installed in any package database.
 
-Currently `cabal-helper` supports `Cabal >= 1.16`.
+`cabal-helper` can compile with `Cabal >= 1.14` but requires `Cabal >= 1.16`
+at runtime.
 
 ## IRC
 
diff --git a/cabal-helper.cabal b/cabal-helper.cabal
index 92a0bd9..3eda132 100644
--- a/cabal-helper.cabal
+++ b/cabal-helper.cabal
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ name:                cabal-helper
 version:             0.3.9.0
 synopsis:            Simple interface to some of Cabal's configuration state used by ghc-mod
 description:
-    @cabal-helper@ provides a library which wraps the internal use of executables
-    to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of GHC before
-    @7.10@.
+    @cabal-helper@ provides a library which wraps the internal use of
+    anexecutable to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of
+    GHC before @7.10@. This has the pleasant side effect of isolating the user
+    from having to deal with Cabal version changes manually as @cabal-helper@
+    can simply recompile it's helper program automatically as needed.
     .
     @cabal-helper@ uses a wrapper executable to compile the actual cabal-helper
     executable at runtime while linking against an arbitrary version of