diff --git a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES
index 4e4b0e630b..7861bfd4bc 100644
--- a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ FFmpeg, please try git master to check if the issue still exists. If it does,
 make your report against the development code following the usual bug reporting
 guidelines.
 
+Note, if you have difficulty building for mingw, try --disable-outdev=sdl
+
 
 API changes
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