diff --git a/docs/examples/win32sockets.c b/docs/examples/win32sockets.c
index 59b31a44d..5f791c8b5 100644
--- a/docs/examples/win32sockets.c
+++ b/docs/examples/win32sockets.c
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+/*
+ * Note: This is only required if you use curl 7.8 or lower, later 
+ * versions provide an option to curl_global_init() that does the
+ * win32 initialization for you.
+ */
+
 /*
  * These are example functions doing socket init that Windows
  * require. If you don't use windows, you can safely ignore this crap.