diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 7be11ed..9a3998f 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ distribution of your AMP stack, PHP might reside at:
   /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin    XAMP (Mac)
   /opt/lampp/bin                        XAMPP (Windows)
 
+Users of the MAMP stack might want to change localhost to 127.0.0.1 in the
+'$db_url' line in the settings.php file to workaround the 'needs a higher 
+bootstrap level to run' error, or follow the MYSQL socket issue 
+http://drupal.org/node/437642. 
+
 Additionally, you may need to adjust your php.ini settings before you can use
 drush successfully. See CONFIGURING PHP.INI below for more details on how to
 proceed.