diff --git a/win32/genversion.bat b/win32/genversion.bat
index 3a3d7cde59f747705705302d3fc755e1c51ad6e8..7934ebfa102acb8f6b240b188069839d671d5e5a 100644
--- a/win32/genversion.bat
+++ b/win32/genversion.bat
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ echo %version_out%> %1_temp
 
 if %version%==unknown goto :skipgenerate
 
-echo %version_mk%> "%~dp0..\version.mk"
+echo # static version string; update manually every release.> "%~dp0..\version.mk"
+echo %version_mk%>> "%~dp0..\version.mk"
 
 :skipgenerate