diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bef2391f31..844a596910 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-08-28  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml:
+	  Remove mention of popt, we don't depend on that any
+	  longer (#353136). Add some comments pointing out that
+	  this section is slightly outdated.
+
 2006-08-28  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	Patch by: Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch at gmx dot de>
diff --git a/docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml b/docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml
index 0355d4f481..e938fe7896 100644
--- a/docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/appendix-win32.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <chapter id="chapter-win32">
 <title>Windows support</title>
+<para>
+<emphasis>Note: this section is out of date. GStreamer-0.10 has much better
+support for win32 than previous versions though and should usually compile
+and work out-of-the-box both using MSYS/MinGW or Microsoft compilers. The
+<ulink url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org">GStreamer web site</ulink> and the
+<ulink url="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel">mailing list
+archives</ulink> are a good place to check the latest win32-related news.
+</emphasis>
+
+</para>
   <sect1 id="section-win32-build">
   <title>Building <application>GStreamer</application> under Win32</title>
 
@@ -18,15 +28,16 @@ available in your system PATH.</para>
 <para>The GStreamer project depends on other libraries, namely :</para>
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>GLib</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>popt</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>libxml2</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>libintl</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>libiconv</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
-<para>There is now an existing package that has all these dependencies built with MSVC7.1. It exists either as precompiled librairies
-and headers in both Release and Debug mode, or as the source package to build it yourself. You can
-find it on <ulink url="http://mukoli.free.fr/gstreamer/deps/">http://mukoli.free.fr/gstreamer/deps/</ulink>.</para>
+<para>Work is being done to provide pre-compiled GStreamer-0.10 libraries as
+a packages for win32. Check the <ulink url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org">
+GStreamer web site</ulink> and check our
+<ulink url="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel">mailing list
+</ulink> for the latest developments in this respect.</para>
 
 <note>
 <title>Notes</title>
@@ -50,10 +61,13 @@ for convenience (people who don't want to install GNU tools).</para>
   <sect1 id="section-win32-install">
 <title>Installation on the system</title>
 
-<para>By default, GSTreamer needs a registry. You have to generate it using "gst-register.exe". It will create
+<para>FIXME: This section needs be updated for GStreamer-0.10.</para>
+
+<!--
+<para>By default, GStreamer needs a registry. You have to generate it using "gst-register.exe". It will create
 the file in c:\gstreamer\registry.xml that will hold all the plugins you can use.</para>
 
-<para>You should install the GSTreamer core in c:\gstreamer\bin and the plugins in c:\gstreamer\plugins.  Both
+<para>You should install the GStreamer core in c:\gstreamer\bin and the plugins in c:\gstreamer\plugins.  Both
 directories should be added to your system PATH. The library dependencies should be installed in c:\usr</para>
 
 <para>For example, my current setup is :</para>
@@ -77,8 +91,8 @@ directories should be added to your system PATH. The library dependencies should
 <listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll</filename></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libgthread-2.0-0.dll</filename></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\libxml2.dll</filename></para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><filename>c:\usr\bin\popt.dll</filename></para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
+-->
 
 </sect1>