diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.html b/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
index c2c6bedd..0e68b44a 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.html
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ alink="#0000FF">
     <div class="list-of-tables">
       <p><b>List of Tables</b></p>
       <dl>
-        <dt>3.1. <a href="#idm1524">Keyboard shortcuts</a></dt>
+        <dt>3.1. <a href="#idm1526">Keyboard shortcuts</a></dt>
       </dl>
     </div>
     <div class="chapter">
@@ -4083,6 +4083,8 @@ fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768
           directories, e.g.:</p>
           <pre class=
           "screen">export RECOLL_EXTRA_DBS=/some/place/xapiandb:/some/other/db</pre>
+          <p>On Windows, use semi-colons (<code class=
+          "literal">;</code>) as separators instead of colons.</p>
           <p>Another environment variable, <code class=
           "envar">RECOLL_ACTIVE_EXTRA_DBS</code> allows adding to
           the active list of indexes. This variable was suggested
@@ -4186,7 +4188,7 @@ fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768
           <span class="guilabel">Shortcut</span> column, and type
           the desired sequence.</p>
           <div class="table">
-            <a name="idm1524" id="idm1524"></a>
+            <a name="idm1526" id="idm1526"></a>
             <p class="title"><b>Table&nbsp;3.1.&nbsp;Keyboard
             shortcuts</b></p>
             <div class="table-contents">
diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml b/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
index fd5a743a..3ab59df8 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
@@ -2899,6 +2899,9 @@ fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768
         </para>
         <screen>export RECOLL_EXTRA_DBS=/some/place/xapiandb:/some/other/db</screen> 
 
+        <para>On Windows, use semi-colons (<literal>;</literal>) as separators instead of
+        colons.</para> 
+
         <para>Another environment
         variable, <envar>RECOLL_ACTIVE_EXTRA_DBS</envar> allows adding to
         the active list of indexes. This variable was suggested and