diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index cddce6e70..2039b2799 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ Antonio Riva <antonio.riva@gmail.com>
 Ethan Robish <ethan.robish@gmail.com>
     for reporting a bug
 
+Andrea Rossi <andyroyalbattle@yahoo.it>
+    for reporting a minor bug
+    for suggesting a feature
+
 Richard Safran <allapplyhere@yahoo.com>
     for donating the sqlmap.org domain control
 
diff --git a/lib/core/update.py b/lib/core/update.py
index b957ed06a..6c1f2150f 100644
--- a/lib/core/update.py
+++ b/lib/core/update.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.data import paths
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapFilePathException
+from lib.core.settings import IS_WIN
 from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
 from lib.core.subprocessng import pollProcess
 from lib.request.connect import Connect as Request
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ def update():
             errMsg = getUnicode(svnStderr, system=True).strip()
             logger.error(errMsg)
 
+            if IS_WIN:
+                infoMsg = "for Windows platform it's recommended "
+                infoMsg += "to use a TortoiseSVN GUI client for updating "
+                infoMsg += "purposes (http://tortoisesvn.net/)"
+                logger.info(infoMsg)
+
         elif svnStdout:
             revision = re.search("revision\s+([\d]+)", svnStdout, re.I)