Merge pull request webpack#6993 from Janpot/browser-compat

sokra · web-flow · commit 55fb1da1935c · 2018-04-10T11:37:14.000+02:00
Document browser compatibility
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 Check out webpack's quick [**Get Started**](https://webpack.js.org/get-started/) guide and the [other guides](https://webpack.js.org/guides/).
 
+### Browser Compatibility
+
+webpack supports all browsers that are [ES5-compliant](http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es5/) (IE8 and below are not supported).
+webpack also needs `Promise` for `import()` and `require.ensure()`. If you want to support older browsers, you will need to [load a polyfill](https://webpack.js.org/guides/shimming/) before using these expressions.
+
 <h2 align="center">Concepts</h2>
 
 ### [Plugins](https://webpack.js.org/plugins/)
