--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
~$ sudo apt-get install default-jdk python-dev libssl-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev
-And finally our document-oriented database, MongoDB, and our messaging server, RabbitMQ.
+And finally our document-oriented database, MongoDB, and our messaging server, RabbitMQ. Note that RabbitMQ is optional, but will make messages flow faster through our asynchronous processors. By default, rabbitmq is disabled in development.ini.
~$ sudo apt-get install mongodb rabbitmq-server
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
(anvil)~/src/apache-solr-1.4.0/example/$ nohup java -Dsolr.solr.home=$(cd;pwd)/src/forge/solr_config -jar start.jar > ~/logs/solr.log &
-### RabbitMQ message queue
+### RabbitMQ message queue (optional)
We'll need to setup some development users and privileges.