diff --git a/lwlib/README b/lwlib/README
index cb0b6ebd371..427eea509e4 100644
--- a/lwlib/README
+++ b/lwlib/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 This subdirectory contains the lwlib library which provides a uniform
-interface to a few different X toolkits.  The library was written by Lucid.
-This version has changes in the makefile to fit in with Emacs's configure
-script, and some source files have been renamed to fit in 14 characters.
-
+interface to a few different X toolkits.  The library was written by
+Lucid, and is not part of GNU Emacs.  This version has changes in the
+makefile to fit in with Emacs's configure script, and some source
+files have been renamed to fit in 14 characters.