#### Seastar's C++ dialect: C++17 or C++20
-Seastar supports both C++17, and C++20. It can be selected with the
-`--c++-dialect=gnu++17` configure option or, if using CMake directly,
-by setting on the `Seastar_CXX_DIALECT` CMake variable.
+Seastar supports both C++17, and C++20. The build defaults to the latest
+dialect supported by your compiler, but can be explicitly selected with
+the `--c++-dialect` configure option, e.g., `--c++-dialect=gnu++17`,
+or if using CMake directly, by setting on the `Seastar_CXX_DIALECT` CMake
+variable.
See the [compatibity statement](doc/compatibility.md) for more information.