diff --git a/Gui/win32/README b/Gui/win32/README
index f0a7123be7..7463258d2f 100644
--- a/Gui/win32/README
+++ b/Gui/win32/README
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ recommended to also pass --enable-static="-mwindows" to link mplayer as
 a windows binary. NOTE: this will also link mencoder with -mwindows
 and thus link mencoder as a windows binary as well.
 
+To enable use of the gui, mplayer.exe must be renamed to/copied as
+gmplayer.exe.
+
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