diff --git a/1984/README.md b/1984/README.md
index f0277d631..8be5f0c41 100644
--- a/1984/README.md
+++ b/1984/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on how to compile the winner and how to run the winning program.
 Look at the winning source and try to figure how it does what it does!
 You may then wish to look at the Author's comments for even more details.
 
-Restrictions against machine dependent code were not in the rules in 1984.
+Restrictions against machine dependent code were not in the [rules](rules.txt) in 1984.
 The source file size restriction was only 512 bytes.  Rules and results
 were posted to net.lang.c and net.unix-wizards.
 
diff --git a/1984/decot/README.md b/1984/decot/README.md
index ddd287729..94331324b 100644
--- a/1984/decot/README.md
+++ b/1984/decot/README.md
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ Dave Decot
 
         make all
 
-NOTE: This entry might not compile when using modern compilers.
-
-## Judges' comments:
-
 NOTE: On modern systems this entry requires the option `-traditional-cpp` which
 clang does not support. We thank Yusuke Endoh for his patch which allows the
 entry to compile under gcc! Please be advised that gcc under macOS is actually
 clang so this will not compile with the default gcc under macOS.
 
+## Judges' comments:
+
+
 Some new (in 1984) compilers disliked line 15 of the source, so we changed it
 from: