diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49cebff..d285903 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ Most of these plugins have their own READMEs in their folders; you can check the
 
 ##### [WTE](WTE/README.md)
 - Worst Translations Ever! plugin. Translates <text> through multiple rounds of Google Translate to get some interesting results!
+   - Due to lingering issues with Unicode handling in Python 2, **Python 3 is strongly recommended** for those using this plugin.
diff --git a/WTE/README.md b/WTE/README.md
index 129014e..59fbf92 100644
--- a/WTE/README.md
+++ b/WTE/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ##WTE - Worst Translations Ever! 
 
+**Due to lingering issues with Unicode handling in Python 2, Python 3 is strongly recommended for those using this plugin!**
+
 WTE is a plugin that sticks text through multiple rounds of Google Translate, in order to get
 some interesting results. It automatically picks a list of languages to go through, and translates
 back and forth between them quite a few times. This guarantees that the result will be different
diff --git a/WTE/test.py b/WTE/test.py
index b314776..f664249 100644
--- a/WTE/test.py
+++ b/WTE/test.py
@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@
 ###
 
 from supybot.test import *
+from sys import version_info
+import unittest
 
 class WTETestCase(PluginTestCase):
     plugins = ('WTE',)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(version_info[0] < 3, 
+        "Not supported on Python 2 (severe Unicode handling problems)")
     def testWTE(self):
         m = self.getMsg("wte The quick brown fox jumps over "
             "the lazy dog.")