diff --git a/compiler/cpp/README_Windows.txt b/compiler/cpp/README_Windows.txt
index 438ce04..a19f83d 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/README_Windows.txt
+++ b/compiler/cpp/README_Windows.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 > bison -y -o "src/thrifty.cc" --defines src/thrifty.yy
 > move src\thrifty.cc.hh  src\thrifty.hh
 
+Bison might generate the yacc header file "thrifty.cc.h" with just one h ".h" extension; in this case you'll have to rename to "thrifty.h".
+
+> move src\windows\version.h.in src\windows\version.h
+
 Download inttypes.h from the interwebs and place it in an include path
 location (e.g. thrift/compiler/cpp/src).