diff --git a/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt b/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt
index b737bb2642..65a0eab334 100644
--- a/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt
+++ b/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt
@@ -80,19 +80,22 @@ Done.
 Stage Four: Download, extract, and patch libevent-1.1b.
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
-Download libevent-1.3:
+Download libevent-1.3a:
 http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
 
 Copy the libevent tarball into the "tor-mingw" directory.
 Type "cd tor-mingw"
 
 Extract libevent: 
-Type "tar zxf libevent-1.3.tar.gz"
-
-Type "aclocal && autoheader && automake && autoconf".
-There may be WARNING messages.  There will be no output if all runs successfuly.
+Type "tar zxf libevent-1.3a.tar.gz"
 
 Type "./configure --enable-static --disable-shared"
+--------------------libevent 1.3a only---------------------------------------
+You need to manually edit the Makefile and remove all references to "sample".
+libevent 1.3a won't compile in mingw currently due to issues in event_test.c.
+Removing the "sample" directory and all references to it in Makefile create a
+completely valid libevent library.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Type "make"
 Type "make install"