diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a49dba7..f208a63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ db.login('batman', 'brucewayne').then(function (batman) {
 });
 ```
 
-**Note: this is a work in progress and will probably be deprecated in favor of [Janus](https://github.com/pouchdb/janus).**
-
 * [Overview](#overview)
 * [Setup](#setup)
 * [API](#api)
@@ -40,6 +38,12 @@ And best of all, CouchDB does it with good ol'-fashioned HTTP. Just open up the
 
 To get started, just install CouchDB, throw in [a little SSL](ssl), and you've got everything you need for your site's authentication.
 
+### Project status
+
+This plugin works, but it is no longer maintained.  In the future you will be able to look to [Janus](https://github.com/pouchdb/janus) for all your PouchDB authentication needs.
+
+Also, this plugin only works with vanilla CouchDB.  The point is to give you a lightweight authentication API that doesn't require anything fancy – no additional server daemons, no third-party providers, just straight-up Pouch and Couch.
+
 Setup
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