diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
index f502a089c8..40cf2fbed3 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
@@ -66,31 +66,12 @@ If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to
the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If
you have any other questions, return to the Table of
Contents and search for the topic, read the ,
-or try grepping through the files.
+or try grepping through the files. Most questions should be answered somewhere
+here and the rest has probably already been asked on our
+mailing lists. Check the
+archives, there
+is a lot of valuable information to be found there.
-
-
-The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it
-does not exist. If I don't say you can encode audio from
-TV tuner, you can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed,
-though. Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me
-quote Chris Phillips from the
-mplayer-users
-mailing list:
-
-
-
-I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and a
-dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars,
-girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective,
-otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl I live with assumed the vacuum
-cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to
-change the bag, because she'd never done it before... now that's just
-stupid, not a case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being
-that familiar with your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b)
-ignorance. So many people seem to see the word "error" and then stop...
-few seem to actually read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.
-