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@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ The file structure is designed to make this selection manually achievable for an
   binary is achieved by using `HUF_FORCE_DECOMPRESS_X1` and
   `ZSTD_FORCE_DECOMPRESS_SEQUENCES_SHORT` (implied by `ZSTD_LIB_MINIFY`).
 
+  On the compressor side, Zstd's compression levels map to several internal
+  strategies. In environments where the higher compression levels aren't used,
+  it is possible to exclude all but the fastest strategy with
+  `ZSTD_LIB_EXCLUDE_COMPRESSORS_DFAST_AND_UP=1`. (Note that this will change
+  the behavior of the default compression level.)
+
   For squeezing the last ounce of size out, you can also define
   `ZSTD_NO_INLINE`, which disables inlining, and `ZSTD_STRIP_ERROR_STRINGS`,
   which removes the error messages that are otherwise returned by