diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 83ff26689..3e9cd56ae 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -460,6 +460,20 @@ let &t_ut=''
 See link:https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/master/protocol-extensions.asciidoc#setting-text-styles-colors-in-arbitrary-regions-of-the-screen[here]
 for why kitty does not support background color erase.
 
+== I get errors about the terminal being unknown or opening the terminal failing when SSHing into a different computer?
+
+This happens because the kitty terminfo files are not available on the server. Either install kitty on the server,
+or simply copy over the terminfo files, using:
+
+....
+ssh myserver mkdir -p \~/.terminfo
+infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver "cat > /tmp/kitty.terminfo"
+ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /tmp/kitty.terminfo
+....
+
+Really, the correct solution for this is to convince the OpenSSH maintainers to have ssh do this
+automatically when connecting to a server.
+
 == A tribute
 
 While over the decades I am sure many people have contributed to the