diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b58fb291..4cfa4c87 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Quick start
 
 This branch of dbus can be built by using Meson, GNU Autotools or CMake.
 The Meson build system is the recommended build system for the master
-branch (versions >= 1.15.0).
+branch (versions >= 1.15.0), except when building on Windows, for which
+CMake is recommended (this recommendation might change to Meson in future).
 
 Meson only supports out-of-tree builds, and must be passed a directory to put
 built and generated sources into. We'll call that directory "build" here. It's
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d839b958..f8a0795d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ dbus 1.15.8 (UNRELEASED)
 Build-time configuration changes:
 
 • For this version of dbus, Meson is the recommended build system for all
-  platforms. See INSTALL for details.
+  Unix platforms. CMake continues to be recommended for Windows, but this
+  recommendation might change to Meson in a future release, so please
+  test the Meson build. See INSTALL for details.
 
 • Autotools-generated files are no longer included in the tarball release.
   The Autotools build system is likely to be removed in a future dbus
diff --git a/README b/README
index adb96066..5398d873 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ likely to have more bugs than stable releases, obviously.
 Configuration and installation
 ===
 
-This branch of dbus can be built by using Autotools, CMake or Meson.
+This branch of dbus can be built by using Meson, GNU Autotools or CMake.
 The Meson build system is the recommended build system for the master
-branch (versions >= 1.15.0).
+branch (versions >= 1.15.0), except when building on Windows, for which
+CMake is recommended (this recommendation might change to Meson in future).
 
 Please see `INSTALL` for full details.