diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index 25d065ddd..7df1b4e7a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.172 $ $NHDT-Date: 1573688684 2019/11/13 23:44:44 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.174 $ $NHDT-Date: 1573776729 2019/11/15 00:12:09 $
 
 This fixes36.3 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.2 in May 2019. Please note, however,
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ msdos:  added Makefile1.cross (host portion) and Makefile2.cross (target
 	platform portion) to assist in moving this port toward a cross-compiled
 	build hosted on linux/OSX/Windows with recent C dialect support; that
 	will also pave the way for CI automation and testing of the msdos port
-	build in future should the port remain on the radar
+	build in future should the port remain on the radar; currently only
+	useful for testing the msdos port compile as it cannot yet build a
+	complete game
 tty: re-do one optimization used when status conditions have all been removed
 	and remove another that tried to check whether condition text to be
 	displayed next was the same as the existing value; sometimes new
diff --git a/sys/msdos/Makefile1.cross b/sys/msdos/Makefile1.cross
index 7e34932ad..71f96b06b 100644
--- a/sys/msdos/Makefile1.cross
+++ b/sys/msdos/Makefile1.cross
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # NetHack 3.6	Makefile1.cross	$NHDT-Date:$  $NHDT-Branch:$:$NHDT-Revision:$
 #       Cross-compile msdos version of NetHack using a 
-#       linux-hosted djgpp cross compiler.
+#       linux-hosted djgpp cross-compiler.
 #
 #       Makefile1.cross (this file) is for the host-side obj files and 
 #       utilities that will run on the host platform only.
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 #       Makefile2.cross is the the target platform obj files
 #       and utilities.
 #
-#   Makefile2 utilizes the djgpp cross compiler from Andrew Wu:
+#   Makefile2 utilizes the djgpp cross-compiler from Andrew Wu:
 #       https://github.com/andrewwutw/build-djgpp
 #
+#   Currently, in NetHack 3.6, the cross-compile for msdos cannot be
+#   used to build the entire game to a playable point but it is useful
+#   for testing the msdos port build of the evolving NetHack code.0
+#
 # The GNU Make has a problem if you include a drive spec below.
 GAMEDIR =../binary
 
diff --git a/sys/msdos/Makefile2.cross b/sys/msdos/Makefile2.cross
index 22a9f8c8a..add9eff37 100644
--- a/sys/msdos/Makefile2.cross
+++ b/sys/msdos/Makefile2.cross
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #   Makefile2 utilizes the djgpp cross compiler from Andrew Wu:
 #       https://github.com/andrewwutw/build-djgpp
 #
+#   Currently, in NetHack 3.6, the cross-compile for msdos cannot be
+#   used to build the entire game to a playable point but it is useful
+#   for testing the msdos port build of the evolving NetHack code.
+#
+
 # Game Installation Variables
 # NOTE: Make sure GAMEDIR exists before make is started.