diff --git a/src/part2/patches/README b/src/part2/patches/README
index b4cb598..fac583c 100644
--- a/src/part2/patches/README
+++ b/src/part2/patches/README
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 This directory contains sub-directories containing standard patch files, 
 named patches-Linux.txt and patches-Windows.txt, that can be used to update
-the SimpliciTI stack so that it can be built using the TI MSP430 compiler.  Each sub-directory corresponds to a specified version of SimpliciTI.
+the SimpliciTI stack so that it can be built using the TI MSP430 compiler.  
 
-For example, to "fix" version 1.0.6 of SimpliciTI:
+Each sub-directory corresponds to a specified version of SimpliciTI.  For
+example, to "fix" version 1.0.6 of SimpliciTI:
     o get and extract SimpliciTI-1.0.6 to SimpliciTI-1.0.6
     o type the following:
 	cd SimpliciTI-1.0.6
@@ -12,3 +13,8 @@
 you are building on a Windows based host; unfortunately, the patch file
 format is not portable (ack!).
 
+Note: Early version of MKS patch are known to not work with the patches 
+provided here.  You should use GNU patch 2.5.4 or later.  For Windows hosts
+you can obtain a pre-built patch utilty from 
+http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
+