diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index ace7e6fd53b3..be533bb88908 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW:
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
 20200824:
-	OpenZFS support has been integrated. We caution against 'zpool upgrade'
-	for the next few weeks. The change should be transparent unless you 
-	want to use new features.
+	OpenZFS support has been integrated. Do not upgrade root pools until
+	the loader is updated to support zstd. Furthermore, we caution against
+	'zpool upgrade' for the next few weeks. The change should be transparent
+	unless you  want to use new features.
 
 
 	The resume code now notifies devd with the 'kernel' system