diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 2cb1bd6a..be017cff 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 
 ## Building hipFile and rocFile
 
-Supported compilers: amdclang++, clang++, g++
+> [!NOTE]
+> hipFile is alpha software that has undergone testing on limited hardware. It may not work on your system at this time.
+
+Supported hardware:
+* hipFile should work with the [GPUs that ROCm supports](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-linux/en/latest/reference/system-requirements.html)
+* Storage is currently limited to local NVMe drives
+* hipFile has only been tested on AMD CPUs/systems
+
+Supported compilers: amdclang++ (preferred), clang++, g++
 
 Supported platforms: Linux (Windows may be supported in a future release)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b984494b..e66a197f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ AMD Infinity Storage library that supports IO directly to the GPU
 
 ## Building hipFile and rocFile
 
-See the INSTALL.md file in the project root for build and install
-documentation.
+See the INSTALL.md file in the project root for a list of supported
+hardware and compilers as well as build and install instructions.
 
 ### hipify support