2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/cpp/INSTALL b/qpid/cpp/INSTALL
index 8e05026d3e..e65a8654dd 100644
--- a/qpid/cpp/INSTALL
+++ b/qpid/cpp/INSTALL
@@ -150,10 +150,13 @@ all of the above plus:
  * doxygen    <ftp://ftp.stack.nl/pub/users/dimitri/>  	(1.5.1)
  * graphviz   <http://www.graphviz.org/>               	(2.12)
  * ruby 1.8   <http://www.ruby-lang.org>               	(1.8.4)
-
+ * python 2.x <http://www.python.org>                   (2.4.3)
 
 NOTE: make sure to install the related '-devel' packages also!!!!
 
+NOTE: Python 3.x is know to NOT work - please use 2.7 or earlier.
+Ruby should be prior to version 2.
+
 To build the QMF (Qpid Management Framework) bindings for Ruby and Python,
 the following must also be installed:
 
diff --git a/qpid/cpp/INSTALL-WINDOWS b/qpid/cpp/INSTALL-WINDOWS
index 75fa69079e..c3578a3dba 100644
--- a/qpid/cpp/INSTALL-WINDOWS
+++ b/qpid/cpp/INSTALL-WINDOWS
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ Take these as a recommended minimum version.
 The following libraries and header files must be installed to build
 from either a source checkout or a source distribution:
 
- * boost      <http://www.boost.org>                   	(1.35)(*)
-
-earlier versions of boost e.g. 1.33 also work
+ * boost      <http://www.boost.org>                   	(1.35)
 
 To build from a source repository (SVN) checkout you will need boost plus:
 
@@ -51,6 +49,9 @@ To build from a source repository (SVN) checkout you will need boost plus:
  * python     <http://www.python.org>                   (2.5.2)
  * ruby       <http://www.ruby-lang.org>               	(1.8.4)
 
+NOTE: Python 3.x is known to NOT work - please use 2.7 or earlier.
+Ruby should be prior to version 2.
+
 Regardless of which type of build you perform, if you wish to run the full
 test suite, you will need to have python, listed above, installed.