diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py
index aeb6b3b8a1..b0de3d0055 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 #     copy the 'websocket' directory into your app directory to force inclusion.
 #
 # see my example at https://github.com/debauchery1st/example_kivy_websocket-recipe
+#
+# If you see errors relating to 'SSL not available' ensure you have the package backports.ssl-match-hostname
+# in the buildozer requirements, since Kivy targets python 2.7.x
+#
+# You may also need sslopt={"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE} as a parameter to ws.run_forever() if you get an error relating to
+# host verification
 
 
 class WebSocketClient(Recipe):