diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index afe79593..00fdeeed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: CMake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use CMake
+# internally.
+
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
 
 project(googletest-distribution)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 05c20c63..2320b2b5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
 # Build . before src so that our all-local and clean-local hooks kicks in at
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 02c637b0..342582e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 AC_INIT([Google C++ Mocking and Testing Frameworks],
         [1.9.0],
         [googlemock@googlegroups.com],
diff --git a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
index eff2a6be..5f3c8287 100644
--- a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ########################################################################
+# Note: CMake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use CMake
+# internally.
+#
 # CMake build script for Google Mock.
 #
 # To run the tests for Google Mock itself on Linux, use 'make test' or
diff --git a/googlemock/Makefile.am b/googlemock/Makefile.am
index 4d4c9652..72314317 100644
--- a/googlemock/Makefile.am
+++ b/googlemock/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 # Automake file
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/googlemock/configure.ac b/googlemock/configure.ac
index aaa4ad43..e8b98982 100644
--- a/googlemock/configure.ac
+++ b/googlemock/configure.ac
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 m4_include(../googletest/m4/acx_pthread.m4)
 
 AC_INIT([Google C++ Mocking Framework],
diff --git a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f3af1a7..02ccc921 100644
--- a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ########################################################################
+# Note: CMake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use CMake
+# internally.
+#
 # CMake build script for Google Test.
 #
 # To run the tests for Google Test itself on Linux, use 'make test' or
diff --git a/googletest/Makefile.am b/googletest/Makefile.am
index 8e4fec84..321550cd 100644
--- a/googletest/Makefile.am
+++ b/googletest/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 # Automake file
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/googletest/configure.ac b/googletest/configure.ac
index a5b2ef62..fcdce9a5 100644
--- a/googletest/configure.ac
+++ b/googletest/configure.ac
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Note: automake support is community-based. The maintaners do not use automake
+# internally.
+
 m4_include(m4/acx_pthread.m4)
 
 # At this point, the Xcode project assumes the version string will be three