diff --git a/documentation/README.1st b/documentation/README.1st
index acdb30bd5..bddf2016f 100644
--- a/documentation/README.1st
+++ b/documentation/README.1st
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ Building EPICS base (Unix and Win32)
          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) to
-         your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. 
+         your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.  On Linux systems,
+         building shared libraries is the default setting.
 
          Win32 PATH
          On WIN32 systems, building shared libraries is the default
diff --git a/documentation/README.html b/documentation/README.html
index 68429777b..cd189cffa 100644
--- a/documentation/README.html
+++ b/documentation/README.html
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ need uname in your path.
 <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)
 to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
+On linux systems, building shared libraries is the default setting.
 <p><b>PATH</b>
 <br>On WIN32 systems, building shared libraries is the default setting
 and you will need to add fullpathname to $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)