diff --git a/docs/source/usage.rst b/docs/source/usage.rst
index 5605c891..3ae5e8cc 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ Vim version 7.4 or newer is recommended for performance reasons, but Powerline
 is known to work on vim-7.0.112 (some segments may not work though as it was not 
 actually tested).
 
+Shell prompts requirements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Due to fish having incorrect code for prompt width calculations up to version 
+2.1 and no way to tell that certain sequence of characters has no width 
+(``%{…%}`` in zsh and ``\[…\]`` in bash prompts serve exactly this purpose) 
+users that have fish versions below 2.1 are not supported..
+
 .. _usage-terminal-emulators:
 
 Terminal emulator requirements
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst b/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
index f10beedd..c47d8399 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ the absolute path to the Powerline installation directory:
    set fish_function_path $fish_function_path "{repository_root}/powerline/bindings/fish"
    powerline-setup
 
+.. warning:: Fish is supported only starting from version 2.1.
+
 Rcsh prompt
 ===========