diff --git a/COMPILE-linux.txt b/COMPILE-linux.txt
index 8cd5655545..4e068907a1 100644
--- a/COMPILE-linux.txt
+++ b/COMPILE-linux.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/dgcc
 If you want to use DMD instead, it can be found at:
 http://digitalmars.com/d/1.0/dmd-linux.html
 
-Note that DMD is only available on 32 bit Linux - other operating
+Note that the DMD unstable branch (2.000 and up) will NOT currently
+work with OpenMW. Use the stable branch (1.x) instead. The latest
+version known to work is DMD 1.031, so I recommend that.
+
+Also note that DMD is only available on 32 bit Linux - other operating
 systems or architectures will have to use GDC. However GDC might be
 unstable on these platforms as well, even if it runs.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9043d1a86..71f5f55515 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Designed for GNU Make
 
 # Compiler settings
-CXX?= g++
 CXXFLAGS?= -Wall -g
 DMD=gdmd -version=Posix
+#DMD=dmd -version=Posix
 
 # Some extra flags for niftool and bsatool
 NIFFLAGS=-debug=warnstd -debug=check -debug=statecheck -debug=strict -debug=verbose
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ AVGCC=$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CF_FFMPEG)
 # passed to the compiler, the rest are dependencies.
 ogre_cpp=ogre framelistener interface overlay bsaarchive
 
-# FFmpeg files, in the form sound/cpp_X.cpp. Only the first file is
-# passed to the compiler, the rest are dependencies.
+# FFmpeg files, in the form sound/cpp_X.cpp.
 avcodec_cpp=avcodec
 
 ## No modifications should be required below this line. ##