diff --git a/BuildCVS.txt b/BuildCVS.txt
index 11b707701d..2e0683e2e4 100644
--- a/BuildCVS.txt
+++ b/BuildCVS.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
                 How to build the sources from CVS
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+Please use the install.txt files in docs/gtk, docs/msw, docs/motif, docs/mac
+etc. alongside these instructions.
+
 I) Windows using plain makefiles
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