diff --git a/winapi_windows.h b/winapi_windows.h
index 9759cbb..ba38abc 100644
--- a/winapi_windows.h
+++ b/winapi_windows.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 // if by some stroke of luck Go ever supports compiling with MSVC, this will need to change
+// noe that this has to come after the headers above because it's not predefined
 #ifndef __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR
 #error Sorry, you must use MinGW-w64 (http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/) to build package ui, as vanilla MinGW does not support Windows XP features (in 2014!).
 #endif