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@@ -97,17 +97,18 @@ Requirements
 The following software and libraries are required to run qutebrowser:
 
 * https://www.python.org/[Python] 3.5 or newer (3.6 recommended)
-* https://www.qt.io/[Qt] 5.7.1 or newer (5.11.1 recommended) with the following modules:
+* https://www.qt.io/[Qt] 5.7.1 or newer (5.11 recommended, support for < 5.9
+  will be dropped soon) with the following modules:
   - QtCore / qtbase
   - QtQuick (part of qtbase in some distributions)
   - QtSQL (part of qtbase in some distributions)
   - QtOpenGL
   - QtWebEngine, or
-  - QtWebKit - only the
-    link:https://github.com/annulen/webkit/wiki[updated fork] (5.212) is
-    supported
+  - alternatively QtWebKit - support for QtWebKit will be dropped soon, and
+    only the link:https://github.com/annulen/webkit/wiki[updated fork] (5.212)
+    is supported
 * https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt] 5.7.0 or newer
-  (5.11.2 recommended) for Python 3
+  (5.11 recommended, support for < 5.9 will be dropped soon) for Python 3
 * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/[pkg_resources/setuptools]
 * https://fdik.org/pyPEG/[pyPEG2]
 * http://jinja.pocoo.org/[jinja2]