diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4fd5ebb..a2e4477 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Project Scope
   * New features may be added if it cannot be achieved (easily) via a shell script,
     doesn't break backwards compatibility and doesn't violate any of the above rules.
 
+Note: Since we aim to be a drop-in replacement for sxiv, we intend to keep all
+sxiv's behaviors/features even in cases where removing them would make the
+code-base simpler.
+
 
 Contribution Guideline
 ----------------------
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a52250..e5101cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 nsxiv is a fork of now unmaintained [sxiv](https://github.com/muennich/sxiv)
-with the purpose of maintaining it and adding simple, sensible features.
-nsxiv is free software licensed under GPLv2 and aims to be easy to modify and customize.
+with the purpose of being a drop-in replacement of sxiv, maintaining it and
+adding simple, sensible features. nsxiv is free software licensed under GPLv2
+and aims to be easy to modify and customize.
 
 Please file a bug report if something does not work as documented or
 expected in *this* repository, after making sure you are using the latest