diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi
index 8104fb7477..8e3d4af706 100644
--- a/doc/general.texi
+++ b/doc/general.texi
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ where SDL was installed. Verify that @file{sdl-config} can be launched from
 the MSYS command line.
 
 @item By using @code{./configure --enable-shared} when configuring FFmpeg,
-you can build the FFmpeg libraries as DLLs.
+you can build the FFmpeg libraries (e.g. libavutil, libavcodec,
+libavformat) as DLLs.
 
 @end itemize