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@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ See below for how to build from source. There are also
 [pre-built binaries](https://github.com/martinvonz/jj/releases) for Windows,
 Mac, or Linux (musl).
 
+If you're installing from source, you need to use Rust version 1.60 or higher,
+or you will get a cryptic message like this:
+```
+error: failed to select a version for the requirement `libgit2-sys = "=0.14.0"``
+candidate versions found which didn't match: 0.13.2+1.4.2, 0.13.1+1.4.2, 0.13.0+1.4.1, ...
+```
+
 ### Linux
 
 On most distributions, you'll need to build from source using `cargo` directly.