diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d0c1ce60..e47c3588 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ influxdb-client-python
 
 .. _documentation: https://influxdb-client.readthedocs.io
 
-InfluxDB 2.0 python client library.
-
 **Note: Use this client library with InfluxDB 2.x and InfluxDB 1.8+. For connecting to InfluxDB 1.7 or earlier instances, use the** `influxdb-python <https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-python>`_ **client library.**
 
+The API of the **influxdb-client-python** is not the backwards-compatible with the old one - **influxdb-python**.
+
 InfluxDB 2.0 client features
 ----------------------------