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 ## How do I use CNI?
 
+## Requirements
+CNI requires Go 1.4+ to build.
+
 ## Included Plugins
 This repository includes a number of common plugins that can be found in plugins/ directory.
 Please see Documentation/ folder for documentation about particular plugins.