--- a/Sphinx/source/users/configuration.rst	Tue Dec 13 18:00:15 2016 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/users/configuration.rst	Wed Dec 14 09:43:08 2016 +0100
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 * Create a HTTP server for the REST API that listens on the port 8042.
 * Store the Orthanc database in a folder called ``OrthancStorage``.
 
+*Remark:* When specifying paths under Microsoft Windows, backslashes
+(i.e. ``\``) should be either escaped by doubling them (as in ``\\``),
+or replaced by forward slashes (as in ``/``).
+
 To obtain more diagnostic, you can use the ``--verbose`` or the
 ``--trace`` options::