diff --git a/README b/README
index 433b8c23a..55459b84b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A double-entry accounting system that uses a simple text file format
 as input. A few Python scripts are used to parse the contents of the
 file, for example, to serve the contents as a locally running web
 server. Scripts are provided to convert from OFX files into Ledger
-input format, and other formats (easily extensible). 
+input format, and other formats (easily extensible).
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ Notes:
 .. _Ledger: http://www.newartisans.com/software/ledger.html
 
 
+.. important::
+
+   This code works; as a testimony, I'm using it personally, actively
+   to manage my own finances and my company's finances, and thus I'm
+   running it and its components at the very least a few times montly.
+   If you have any problem using it, please let me know. This software
+   should be in a functional state; this is not abandonware, nor is it
+   prototyping code either. You should be able to use beancount to do
+   "real work" (I do).
+
+
 Running the Demo
 ================
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9affa3849..87cff841c 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Description</a></h1>
 so Beancount's parser may eventually use the Ledger parser for
 speed, and Ledger may eventually leverage Beancount's web front-end.</li>
 </ul>
+<div class="important">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Important</p>
+<p class="last">This code works; as a testimony, I'm using it personally, actively
+to manage my own finances and my company's finances, and thus I'm
+running it and its components at the very least a few times montly.
+If you have any problem using it, please let me know. This software
+should be in a functional state; this is not abandonware, nor is it
+prototyping code either. You should be able to use beancount to do
+&quot;real work&quot; (I do).</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="running-the-demo">
 <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Running the Demo</a></h1>