diff --git a/documentation/README.1st b/documentation/README.1st
index e55be163c..acdb30bd5 100644
--- a/documentation/README.1st
+++ b/documentation/README.1st
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ Building EPICS base (Unix and Win32)
          mv, and mkdir in your search path and /bin/chmod must
          exist. On some Unix systems you may also need ar and ranlib
          in your path, and the c compiler may require ld in your path. 
+         On solaris systems you need uname in your path.
 
          Unix LD_LIBRARY_PATH
          If you plan to build EPICS base shared libraries instead of
diff --git a/documentation/README.html b/documentation/README.html
index 442ea453f..68429777b 100644
--- a/documentation/README.html
+++ b/documentation/README.html
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ need C and C++ compilers in your search path. For building base you also
 must have echo in your search path. For Unix host builds you also need
 touch, cpp, cp, rm, mv, and mkdir in your search path and /bin/chmod must
 exist. On some Unix systems you may also need ar and ranlib in your path,
-and the c compiler may require ld in your path.
+and the c compiler may require ld in your path. On solaris systems you
+need uname in your path.
 <p><b>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</b>
 <br>If you plan to build EPICS base shared libraries instead of archive
 libraries, on Unix systems you will need to add fullpathname to $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)