diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d6d5cc0..f7e5b72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async-executor = "0.1.1"
 async-io = "0.1.5"
 blocking = "0.5.0"
 easy-parallel = "3.1.0"
-futures-lite = "0.1.8"
+futures-lite = "0.1.9"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 644813f..d79a368 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Look inside the [examples] directory for more.
 
 All async libraries work with smol out of the box.
 
-However, [tokio] is generally hostile towards non-tokio libraries, insists on non-standard I/O
-traits, and deliberately lacks documentation on integration with the larger Rust ecosystem.
+The only exception is [tokio], which is traditionally incompatible with [futures], breaks
+when used with other executors, and lacks documentation on how to fix such errors.
 Fortunately, there are ways around it.
 
 Enable the `tokio02` feature flag and `smol::run()` will create a minimal
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ smol = { version = "0.3", features = ["tokio02"] }
 ```
 
 [tokio]: https://docs.rs/tokio
+[futures]: https://docs.rs/futures
 
 ## TLS certificate
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 214425a..b625fa6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@
 //!
 //! All async libraries work with smol out of the box.
 //!
-//! However, [tokio] is generally hostile towards non-tokio libraries, insists on non-standard I/O
-//! traits, and deliberately lacks documentation on integration with the larger Rust ecosystem.
-//! Fortunately, there are ways around it.
+//! The only exception is [tokio], which is traditionally incompatible with [futures] and crashes
+//! when called from other executors. Fortunately, there are ways around it.
 //!
 //! Enable the `tokio02` feature flag and [`smol::run()`][`crate::run()`] will create a minimal
 //! tokio runtime for its libraries:
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! [tokio]: https://docs.rs/tokio
+//! [futures]: https://docs.rs/futures
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![warn(missing_docs, missing_debug_implementations, rust_2018_idioms)]
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub use {
 pub mod prelude {
     #[doc(no_inline)]
     pub use futures_lite::{
-        future::Future,
+        future::{Future, FutureExt},
         io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncBufReadExt},
         io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt},
         io::{AsyncSeek, AsyncSeekExt},