diff --git a/README b/README
index c98669df..ab949c84 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ See http://code.google.com/p/xbps for information.
 
 To build this you'll need:
 
-  - pkg-config.
-  - zlib (development package with static libs).
-  - openssl (development package with static libs).
-  - libarchive >= 2.8.0 (development package with static libs) [0].
-  - confuse >= 2.7 (development package with static libs) [1].
+  - pkg-config, zlib, openssl, libarchive[0] >= 2.8.0, confuse[1] >= 2.7.
 
 and optionally: