diff --git a/docs/kermit.txt b/docs/kermit.txt
index 481a53173a674ec03ca54fac131539885cb5efb1..73d4c1a7dcce5cf4363035bcd6e04f970ee50c55 100644
--- a/docs/kermit.txt
+++ b/docs/kermit.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ Add "gkermit" to SCFG->External Programs->Native Program List.
 
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+v3.10 and earlier versions of Synchronet could not dynamically-generate
+transfer protocol menus, so newly-added protocols will not appear unless
+you manually add the new protocol to your text/menu/*prot.asc file(s).
+
+v3.11 and later can display dynamically-generated menus, so if you're running
+this version or later and have the files text/menu/*prot.asc, you can delete
+them and have new protocols automatically appear on the dynamic menus.
+
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+
 If you or your BBS users find Kermit support useful, you can thank Michel
 Samson and Winston Smith for their promotion of Kermit and help with testing
 Kermit support in Synchronet.