diff --git a/README b/README
index 441167cb8a..548142c327 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
 to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
 majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
+
+The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
+git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
+the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
+reference for project status, development direction and
+remaining tasks.