diff --git a/DOCS/FREEBSD b/DOCS/FREEBSD
index 8abf0b68c8..32cc59d671 100644
--- a/DOCS/FREEBSD
+++ b/DOCS/FREEBSD
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ native BSD make will not work.
 
 2. To run mplayer you will need to re-compile the kernel with 
 "options USER_LDT" (unless you are running -CURRENT, where this is default).
-If you have a CPU with SSE also use "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to use it.
+If you have a CPU with SSE also use "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to use it
+(FreeBSD-STABLE required, or use kernel patches).
 
 3. If mplayer complains about "CD-ROM Device '/dev/cdrom' not found!" make a 
 symbolic link : ln -s /dev/<your_cdrom_device> /dev/cdrom