diff --git a/documentation/decompilingcpp.md b/documentation/decompilingcpp.md
index 8fe24a7..eaf73cb 100644
--- a/documentation/decompilingcpp.md
+++ b/documentation/decompilingcpp.md
@@ -117,7 +117,13 @@ its lifetime (e.g. it goes out of scope), which can lead to inclusion in
 exception handling code or just being called at the end of a code block even if
 the source code doesn't invoke it explicitly.  This automatic resource
 management is often called part of C++'s RAII (resource acquisition is
-initialization) design.
+initialization) design.  Lastly, objects with constructors that exist for the
+lifetime of the program (e.g. global variables or static local variables) have
+special treatment, having their constructor run before `main()` and their
+destructor run on program exit.  In an Xbox game specifically, the `_cinit()`
+function called by `mainXapiStartup()` walks a list of function pointers, with
+each called function calling an object's constructor and registering its
+destructor with `atexit()`.
 
 Virtual methods are methods that can be overridden on child classes.  They're
 not called directly, but instead called through a hidden first member that
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a007c5f..148da8b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ A matching decompilation of the Xbox game Jet Set Radio Future.
 ## Progress
 - Delinking progress: 0.52% (13263 out of 2574172 bytes in XBE address space)
 - Decompilation progress: 30.6% (30 out of the 98 functions delinked so far)
+- **Estimated total progress: 0.16%** (previous two multiplied together)
 
 ## Roadmap
 The approach of this decompilation is to: