diff --git a/doc/getting-started.dox b/doc/getting-started.dox
index 4b271c8c5..adcdd39a7 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started.dox
+++ b/doc/getting-started.dox
@@ -152,14 +152,26 @@ of build dir:
     make
     ./src/MyApplication
 
-On Windows, if you don't want to touch the command-line, the easiest way is to
-open root `CMakeLists.txt` in QtCreator, let it import the project and then
-just build and run the application. If CMake isn't able to find the
-dependencies or the building fails for some reason, you might want to look at
-@ref building-windows-troubleshooting.
-
-If CMake complains about `GlutApplication` missing, you forgot to enable
-`WITH_GLUTAPPLICATION` when building %Magnum, @ref getting-started-download "go back and fix it".
+On Windows you can use either MinGW or MSVC 2013 compiler. It's then up to you
+whether you will use QtCreator or Visual Studio. With Visual Studio the most
+straightforward way to create the project file is via the command-line:
+
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    cmake -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH="C:/Sys" ..
+
+You can also use CMake GUI. Then open the `MyApplication.sln` project file
+generated by CMake in the build directory.
+
+With QtCreator just open project's root `CMakeLists.txt` file. It then asks you
+where to create build directory, allows you to specify initial CMake parameters
+(e.g. `CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH`) and then you can just press *Configure* and
+everything is ready to be built.
+
+If CMake isn't able to find the dependencies on Windows, you might want to look
+at @ref building-windows. If CMake complains about `GlutApplication` missing,
+you forgot to enable `WITH_GLUTAPPLICATION` when building %Magnum,
+@ref getting-started-download "go back and fix it".
 
 @image html getting-started.png
 @image latex getting-started.png