diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f54343..89da041 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,10 +59,17 @@ fmt.Println("Got CID: ", c)
 #### Creating a CID from scratch
 
 ```go
+
+import (
+  cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+  mc "github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec"
+  mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
+)
+
 // Create a cid manually by specifying the 'prefix' parameters
 pref := cid.Prefix{
 	Version: 1,
-	Codec: cid.Raw,
+	Codec: mc.Raw,
 	MhType: mh.SHA2_256,
 	MhLength: -1, // default length
 }
diff --git a/cid.go b/cid.go
index 71ee4ba..bc5704a 100644
--- a/cid.go
+++ b/cid.go
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidEncoding = errors.New("invalid base encoding")
 )
 
-// These are multicodec-packed content types. The should match
-// the codes described in the authoritative document:
-// https://github.com/multiformats/multicodec/blob/master/table.csv
+// Consts below are DEPRECATED and left only for legacy reasons:
+// <https://github.com/ipfs/go-cid/pull/137>
+// Modern code should use consts from go-multicodec instead:
+// <https://github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec>
 const (
-	// core IPLD
+	// common ones
 	Raw         = 0x55
 	DagProtobuf = 0x70   // https://ipld.io/docs/codecs/known/dag-pb/
 	DagCBOR     = 0x71   // https://ipld.io/docs/codecs/known/dag-cbor/