diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/crate/features.html b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/crate/features.html
index 428936486..90fad417b 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/crate/features.html
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/crate/features.html
@@ -53,12 +53,17 @@
             <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-sm-17-24 pure-u-md-19-24 package-details" id="main">
                 <h1>{{ metadata.name }}</h1>
                 <div class="info">
-                    There is very little structured metadata to build this page
-                    from currently. You should check the
-                    <a href="{{ params.rustdoc_url() }}">main library docs</a>,
-                    <a href="{{ params.crate_details_url() }}">readme</a>, or
+                    There is currently very little information to present on
+                    this page because Docs.rs has only limited support for
+                    extracting structured feature metadata from Cargo crates.
+                    This issue is tracked in
+                    <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/3416-feature-metadata.html">Rust RFC #3416</a>.
+                    Check this library's
+                    <a href="{{ params.rustdoc_url() }}">main docs</a>,
+                    <a href="{{ params.crate_details_url() }}">readme</a>, and
                     <a href="{{ params.clone().with_inner_path("Cargo.toml.orig").with_page_kind(PageKind::Source).source_url() }}">Cargo.toml</a>
-                    in case the author documented the features in them.
+                    in case its authors have documentation for features
+                    available there instead.
                 </div>
                 {%- if let Some(features) = sorted_features -%}
                     {%- if features.is_empty() -%}