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 # gcc-rs
 
+A library to compile C/C++ code into a Rust library/application.
+
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 [Documentation](http://alexcrichton.com/gcc-rs)
 
 A simple library meant to be used as a build dependency with Cargo packages in
-order to build a set of C files into a static archive.
+order to build a set of C/C++ files into a static archive. Note that while this
+crate is called "gcc", it actually calls out to the most relevant compile for
+a platform, for example using `cl` on MSVC. That is, this crate does indeed work
+on MSVC!
 
 ## Using gcc-rs
 
@@ -15,9 +20,7 @@ also add this crate to your `Cargo.toml` via:
 
 ```toml
 [package]
-
 # ...
-
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]