diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 3b92005bb..44317131f 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -576,8 +576,9 @@ terminfo files to the server:
 kitty +kitten ssh myserver
 ....
 
-If for some reason that does not work, you can use the following one-liner
-instead (it is slower as it needs to ssh into the server twice).
+If for some reason that does not work (typically because the server is using a
+very limited shell), you can use the following one-liner instead (it is slower
+as it needs to ssh into the server twice, but will work with most servers).
 
 ....
 infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin