diff --git a/docs/HOWTO_compile_lang_files.txt b/docs/HOWTO_compile_lang_files.txt
--- a/docs/HOWTO_compile_lang_files.txt
+++ b/docs/HOWTO_compile_lang_files.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ you have downloaded english.txt, the mas
 not always true, namely when changes in the code have not touched language
 files, your safest bet is to assume this 'limitation'.
 As a first step you need to compile strgen. This is as easy as typing
-'make strgen'. You can also download a precompiled binary from a release,
-nightly, etc.
+'make strgen'. You can download the precompile strgen from:
+http://www.openttd.org/download-strgen
+
 strgen takes as argument a txt file and translates it to a lng file, allowing
 it to be used inside OpenTTD. strgen needs the master language file
 english.txt to work. Below are some examples of strgen usage.
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -411,7 +411,10 @@ Note: Do not alter the following parts o
 8.3) Previewing:
 ---- -------------------
 In order to view the translation in the game, you need to compile your language
-file with the strgen utility, which is now bundled with the game.
+file with the strgen utility. You can download the precompiled strgen from:
+http://www.openttd.org/download-strgen
+To compile it yourself just take the normal OpenTTD sources and build that.
+During the build process the strgen utility will be made.
 
 strgen is a command-line utility. It takes the language filename as parameter.
 Example: