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 Run `./pa.sh --help` to get more information about the available commands.
 Jump to [docs/tutorial](docs/tutorial/) for a longer tutorial.
 
+### Compatibility
+
+PaSh currently aims for compatibility with bash, and runs scripts on it.
+
+However, PaSh's parser is POSIX compliant and therefore it only supports scripts that have POSIX-compliant syntax.
+
 ## Installation
 
 On Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, or Arch, run `curl up.pash.ndr.md | sh` to set up PaSh.