diff --git a/doc/fortran.php b/doc/fortran.php
index 98d95b69cf..21adb39977 100644
--- a/doc/fortran.php
+++ b/doc/fortran.php
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ page_head("FORTRAN applications");?>
 
 <h2>How to use BOINC with FORTRAN and Visual Developer Studio</h2>
 
-<p><font color=red>2004-06-16 note: this page is outdated (functions are now
-declared <code>extern"C"</code> so no C++ mangling is done</font></p>
+<p><font color=red>2004-06-16 note: this page is outdated
+    (functions are now declared <code>extern"C"</code> so
+     no C++ mangling is done; there is a boinc_api_fortran.C wrapper)
+    </font></p>
 
 <p>
 Note: a working example similar to the following