diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 95f36a2bcd5..6af569b25a0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# See docs/CMake.html for instructions about how to build LLVM with CMake.
+
 project(LLVM)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.1)
 
diff --git a/cmake/README b/cmake/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4aafdbf32a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See docs/CMake.html for instructions on how to build LLVM with CMake.