diff --git a/README b/README
index 2d9d8e3..070c37c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ options:
 -u, --user: user to change to on startup
 -g, --group: group to change to on startup
 -s, --host: host name
+-gs, --gopherhost: host name to use for links
+  when parsing gophermaps
 -p, --port: port
 -d, --dir: directory to host from
 
@@ -15,6 +17,29 @@ options:
   PATH are not executing
 -nx, --nocgi: disable cgi execution
 
+hints:
+by default python's socketserver when hosting on "localhost"
+will bind to the loopback interface. this is fine for testing,
+but in production you'll want to use --host '0.0.0.0' to force
+socketserver to bind to your public-facing interface.
+
+also, due to some dumb code in socketserver, IPv6 is not
+supported at this time. once this server gets in a stable
+condition a rewrite using system level sockets will be in
+order.
+
+note that when using the --host parameter you might want to
+use --gopherhost to set a publicly facing domain name. this
+name is substituted in in gophermaps that are incomplete.
+
+(somewhat) applicable standards:
+- RFC3875: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1
+  NOTE: support for CGI/1.1 is limited and not up to spec.
+  this will change in the future.
+- RFC1436: The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed
+  document search and retrieval protocol)
+  NOTE: almost to full compliance
+
 files:
 esgd.py - main executable
 README - this file