diff --git a/GIT-INFO b/GIT-INFO
index 2c207fa..f7dc55a 100644
--- a/GIT-INFO
+++ b/GIT-INFO
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ This file is only present in git - never in release archives. It is used as a
 sentinel file in buildconf.bat in order to differentiate a git checkout from
 release and daily snapshot archives.
 
+On *nix-like systems, run the ./buildconf script first to generate a fresh
+configure script.