diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63b9d39b34d1e..e393aaf0259c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ type check them statically. Find bugs in your programs without even
 running them!
 
 The type annotation standard has also been backported to earlier
-Python 3.x versions.  Mypy supports Python 3.3 and later.
+Python 3.x versions.  Mypy supports Python 3.3 and later. 
+XML based reports do not work on Python 3.3 and 3.4 on Windows.
 
 For Python 2.7, you can add annotations as comments (this is also
 specified in [PEP 484](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/)).
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ In Windows, the script is generally installed in
 
     C:\>\Python34\python \Python34\Scripts\mypy PROGRAM
 
+If you are on Windows using Python 3.3 or 3.4, and would like to use XML reports
+download LXML from [PyPi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml).
+
 ### Working with `virtualenv`
 
 If you are using [`virtualenv`](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/),
@@ -254,9 +258,8 @@ Help wanted
 Any help in testing, development, documentation and other tasks is
 highly appreciated and useful to the project. There are tasks for
 contributors of all experience levels. If you're just getting started,
-check out the
-[difficulty/easy](https://github.com/python/mypy/labels/difficulty%2Feasy)
-label.
+ask on the [gitter chat](https://gitter.im/python/typing) for ideas of good
+beginner issues.
 
 For more details, see the file [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccfe455fdcf7a..a3f6257800d41 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def run(self):
       data_files=data_files,
       classifiers=classifiers,
       cmdclass={'build_py': CustomPythonBuild},
-      install_requires = ['typed-ast >= 1.0.4, < 1.1.0'],
+      install_requires = ['typed-ast >= 1.1.0, < 1.2.0'],
       extras_require = {
           ':python_version < "3.5"': 'typing >= 3.5.3',
       },
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 62e2f4c2c2cd7..d72d4cc491811 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ flake8
 flake8-bugbear; python_version >= '3.5'
 flake8-pyi; python_version >= '3.6'
 lxml; sys_platform != 'win32' or python_version == '3.5' or python_version == '3.6'
-typed-ast>=1.0.4,<1.1.0; sys_platform != 'win32' or python_version >= '3.5'
+typed-ast>=1.1.0,<1.2.0
 pytest>=2.8
 pytest-xdist>=1.13
 pytest-cov>=2.4.0