diff --git a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
index 5349bcf5e..6a11e966a 100644
--- a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
+++ b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/README.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ komodo-cli - Komodo command line utility
 verus - wrapper for komodo-cli that applies the command to the VRSC coin
 verusd - wrapper for komodod that sets the VerusCoin parameters to defaults properly
 
+The first time on a new system you will need to run ./fetchparams.sh before using komodod or verusd.
+On Ubuntu 18 systems you will need to run these two commands before running the command line tools:
+sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4
+sudo apt-get install libcurl3
+
 Run ./verusd to launch komodod, and use ./verus to run commands such as:
 ./verus stop
 Which signals komodod (if it is running) to stop running.