diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index a76501e989..f4cfd62eb2 100644
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -79,11 +79,16 @@ compiler.
 Visual C++ 6.0 compilation
 ---------------------------
 
-Please note that the VC++ 6.0 project files will work for
-VC++ .NET also, but you must open the .dsp files and not the .dsw
-files.
+Please note that the VC++ 6.0 project files will work for VC++ .NET also, but
+you must open the .dsp files and not the .dsw files and in this case you will
+need to manually build the other .dsp on which wxWindows.dsp depends: jpeg,
+png, regex, tiff and zlib.
 
-Using project files (VC++ 6 only):
+Also note that you can make the project files work with VC++ 5.0 but you'll
+need to edit .dsp file by hand before this is possible (change the version in
+the .dsp file header from 6.0 to 5.0).
+
+Using project files (VC++ 6.0 and later):
 
 1. Unarchive wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip, the VC++ 6 project
    makefiles (already included in wxMSW-x.y.z.zip and the setup version).