diff --git a/development/autogen/README b/development/autogen/README
index 81f882dddb..23fd7aa3df 100644
--- a/development/autogen/README
+++ b/development/autogen/README
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ substitutions.  Its goal is to simplify the maintenance of programs
 that contain large amounts of repetitive text.  This is especially
 valuable if there are several blocks of such text that must be kept
 synchronized in parallel tables.
+
+Note:
+- autogen will not build if autogen1.8 is present in your system.