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@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ Many months of copypasting and tinkering later, here is the result.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-*Note: with CMake, if these are not found, they will be built locally*
-
 * SDL2
 * FreeType
 * FLTK
 
+In CMake builds, if these are not found, they will be built locally.
+
+In addition, `pkg-config` is required for Makefile builds, and CMake builds that require static-linkage.
+
 ## Building
 
 ### CMake
@@ -91,8 +93,6 @@ Once built, the executables can be found in the `game_english`/`game_japanese` f
 
 ### Makefile \[deprecated - use CMake instead\]
 
-*Note: this requires pkg-config*
-
 Run 'make' in this folder, preferably with some of the following settings:
 
 Name | Function