diff --git a/runtime/doc/gui.txt b/runtime/doc/gui.txt
index df02c5c..ab9d4b7 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/gui.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/gui.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
 what the key sequence was.
 
 For creating menus in a different language, see |:menutrans|.
+If you don't want to use menus at all, see |'go-M'|.
 
 							*menu.vim*
 The default menus are read from the file "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim".  See
@@ -498,7 +499,11 @@
 filetypes already present at startup, add: >
 	:let do_syntax_sel_menu = 1
 
-<
+Note that the menu.vim is sourced when `:syntax on` or `:filetype on` is
+executed or after your .vimrc file is sourced.  This means that the 'encoding'
+option and the language of messages (`:language messages`) must be set before
+that (if you want to change them).
+
 							*console-menus*
 Although this documentation is in the GUI section, you can actually use menus
 in console mode too.  You will have to load |menu.vim| explicitly then, it is