diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 66852d3b4..a5d275a54 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ following dependencies first:
 * liblz4_
 * some Python dependencies, pip will automatically install them for you
 * optionally, the llfuse_ Python package is required if you wish to mount an
-  archive as a FUSE filesystem. llfuse has been tested in version 0.40.x,
-  0.41.x might also work, >= 0.42.x does not work (due to API changes in
-  llfuse). FUSE >= 2.8.0 is required for llfuse 0.40.
+  archive as a FUSE filesystem. See setup.py about the version requirements.
 
 In the following, the steps needed to install the dependencies are listed for a
 selection of platforms. If your distribution is not covered by these
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d045bc2fa..837f80229 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 install_requires=['msgpack-python==0.4.6', ]
 
 extras_require = {
-    # llfuse 0.40 (tested, proven, ok)
+    # llfuse 0.40 (tested, proven, ok), needs FUSE version >= 2.8.0
     # llfuse 0.41 (unknown, maybe ok)
     # llfuse 0.42 (tested, does not work, incompatible api changes)
     'fuse': ['llfuse<0.41', ],