diff --git a/etc/c/curl.d b/etc/c/curl.d
index d28c3bfbb..f4a6bb0e8 100644
--- a/etc/c/curl.d
+++ b/etc/c/curl.d
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
    Converted to D from curl headers by $(LINK2 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/htod.html, htod) and
    cleaned up by Jonas Drewsen (jdrewsen)
+
+   Windows x86 note:
+   A DMD compatible libcurl static library can be downloaded from the dlang.org
+   $(LINK2 http://dlang.org/download.html, download page).
 */
 
 /* **************************************************************************
diff --git a/std/net/curl.d b/std/net/curl.d
index 4b16c36fb..5a356221a 100644
--- a/std/net/curl.d
+++ b/std/net/curl.d
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Networking client functionality as provided by $(WEB _curl.haxx.se/libcurl,
 libcurl). The libcurl library must be installed on the system in order to use
 this module.
 
+Windows x86 note:
+A DMD compatible libcurl static library can be downloaded from the dlang.org
+$(LINK2 http://dlang.org/download.html, download page).
+
 Compared to using libcurl directly this module allows simpler client code for
 common uses, requires no unsafe operations, and integrates better with the rest
 of the language. Futhermore it provides <a href="std_range.html">$(D range)</a>
@@ -3562,9 +3566,9 @@ struct Curl
                 copy.clear(option);
         }
 
-        // The options are only supported by libcurl when it has been built 
-        // against certain versions of OpenSSL - if your libcurl uses an old 
-        // OpenSSL, or uses an entirely different SSL engine, attempting to 
+        // The options are only supported by libcurl when it has been built
+        // against certain versions of OpenSSL - if your libcurl uses an old
+        // OpenSSL, or uses an entirely different SSL engine, attempting to
         // clear these normally will raise an exception
         copy.clearIfSupported(CurlOption.ssl_ctx_function);
         copy.clearIfSupported(CurlOption.ssh_keydata);