diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a675e462a123da61dcc22256209a3f23c47a6074..6b0345716fcce1720bdbd74dfa43f9e3dbc36d3c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Git will automatically manage line endings for you if you set the core.autocrlf option.
+# On Windows, you will want to use true for this setting. In combination with this 
+# .gitattributes file, line endings will be functioal across platforms
+#
+#
+# On Windows:
+# git config --global core.autocrlf true
+
 # Set default behaviour, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
 * text=auto
 
@@ -16,4 +24,3 @@
 # Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
 *.png binary
 *.jpg binary
-