diff --git a/samples/README b/samples/README
index 73d048fca..3c9247c39 100644
--- a/samples/README
+++ b/samples/README
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Please note:
 
   * Use "make disk" to build a disk image with all sample programs.
 
+  * All programs in the root of the "samples" directory have been written to
+    be portable and work on more than one target. Programs that are specific
+    to a certain target live in a subdirectory with the name of the target.
+
 List of supplied sample programs:
 
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