diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 51f4b1d..1320984 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Known issues:
 
 - [pull #125, pull #97, issue #73] Unref rotating-file timeout which was
   preventing processes from exiting (by https://github.com/chakrit and
-  https://github.com/glenn-murray-bse).
+  https://github.com/glenn-murray-bse). Note: this only fixes the issue
+  for node 0.10 and above.
 
 
 ## bunyan 0.23.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb52d54..ed261f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -643,6 +643,14 @@ used for anything else.</td>
 
 ## stream type: `rotating-file`
 
+**WARNING:** Users of Bunyan's `rotating-file` should (a) be using at least
+bunyan 0.23.1 (with the fix for [this
+issue](https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan/pull/97)), and (b) should use at
+least node 0.10 (node 0.8 does not support the `unref()` method on
+`setTimeout(...)` needed for the mentioned fix). The symptom is that process
+termination will hang for up to a full rotation period.
+
+
 A `type === 'rotating-file'` is a file stream that handles file automatic
 rotation.
 
diff --git a/test/process-exit.test.js b/test/process-exit.test.js
index 5d480df..85ade83 100644
--- a/test/process-exit.test.js
+++ b/test/process-exit.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 /*
- * Test that bunyan process will terminate
+ * Test that bunyan process will terminate.
+ *
+ * Note: Currently (bunyan 0.23.1) this fails on node 0.8, because there is
+ * no `unref` in node 0.8 and bunyan doesn't yet have `Logger.prototype.close()`
+ * support.
  */
 
 var exec = require('child_process').exec;
@@ -11,12 +15,18 @@ if (require.cache[__dirname + '/tap4nodeunit.js'])
 var tap4nodeunit = require('./tap4nodeunit.js');
 var test = tap4nodeunit.test;
 
-test('log with rotating file stream will terminate gracefully', function (t) {
-    exec('node ' +__dirname + '/process-exit.js', {timeout: 1000},
-            function (err, stdout, stderr) {
-        t.ifError(err);
-        t.equal(stdout, 'done\n');
-        t.equal(stderr, '');
-        t.end();
+var nodeVer = process.versions.node.split('.').map(Number);
+
+if (nodeVer[0] <= 0 && nodeVer[1] <= 8) {
+    console.warn('skip test (node <= 0.8)');
+} else {
+    test('log with rotating file stream will terminate gracefully', function (t) {
+        exec('node ' +__dirname + '/process-exit.js', {timeout: 1000},
+                function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+            t.ifError(err);
+            t.equal(stdout, 'done\n');
+            t.equal(stderr, '');
+            t.end();
+        });
     });
-});
+}