diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 90032864..c7c766a7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-====
- ha
-====
+==
+ha
+==
+The starlingx/ha repository handles High Availability services [1]_.
 
-StarlingX Service Management
+Its key component is the StarlingX Service Management (SM), which coordinates
+the StarlingX services.
+
+This repository is not intended to be developed standalone, but rather as part
+of the StarlingX Source System, which is defined by the StarlingX manifest [2]_.
+
+References
+==========
+.. [1] https://docs.starlingx.io/api-ref/ha
+.. [2] https://opendev.org/starlingx/manifest.git
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 835f068c..5904b358 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ build-essential [platform:dpkg]
 python3-dev [platform:dpkg]
 # default-libmysqlclient-dev is debian specific
 default-libmysqlclient-dev [platform:debian]
+pkg-config [platform:debian]