diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 53d8f9643d11ec7c0ab1215c4736bdf359c44b7f..eed9848d2e65ac55013ea8731efe9f2d5fe18d77 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ i2pdocs.url=http://docs.i2p-projekt.de/javadoc/
 junitdocs.url=http://junit.org/apidocs/
 # This will go in the jar manifests
 build.built-by=unknown	
-# Uncomment the next line to prevent building EXEs (changing it to false will have no impact)
+
+# Building EXEs in Linux requires that 32bit libraries are installed. For example,
+# in Debian installing the libc6-i386 package will satisfy this requirement.
+# Otherwise, uncomment the next line to prevent building EXEs (changing it to false will have no impact)
 #noExe=true