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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6a1e713590..1a5503572e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ Testing with SyTest is recommended for verifying that changes related to the
 Client-Server API are functioning correctly. See the `installation instructions
 <https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest#installing>`_ for details.
 
+
+Platform dependencies
+=====================
+
+Synapse uses a number of platform dependencies such as Python and PostgreSQL,
+and aims to follow supported upstream versions. See the
+`<docs/deprecation_policy.md>`_ document for more details.
+
+
 Troubleshooting
 ===============
 
@@ -384,12 +393,17 @@ massive excess of outgoing federation requests (see `discussion
 indicate that your server is also issuing far more outgoing federation
 requests than can be accounted for by your users' activity, this is a
 likely cause. The misbehavior can be worked around by setting
-``use_presence: false`` in the Synapse config file.
+the following in the Synapse config file:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   presence:
+       enabled: false
 
 People can't accept room invitations from me
 --------------------------------------------
 
-The typical failure mode here is that you send an invitation to someone 
+The typical failure mode here is that you send an invitation to someone
 to join a room or direct chat, but when they go to accept it, they get an
 error (typically along the lines of "Invalid signature"). They might see
 something like the following in their logs::