diff --git a/doc/bugs/missing_kde__47__gnome_menu_item..mdwn b/doc/bugs/missing_kde__47__gnome_menu_item..mdwn
index 61cb69cfdb..c09cdf3743 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/missing_kde__47__gnome_menu_item..mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/missing_kde__47__gnome_menu_item..mdwn
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@ Wheezy
 I just installed git-annex on a squeeze system and had the same result.
 
 same with ubuntu precise 12.04
+
+> git-annex ships a /usr/share/applications/git-annex.desktop
+> file that provies the menu item. But there has never been a version
+> 1.7.10. I suspect this is user error; installing a version of git-annex
+> that predates the git-annex assistant and expecting it to have the
+> assistant and its menu item. [[done]] --[[Joey]]