diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
index eb66edf70a2ca1e142f8db4fead69a75c86f5ffb..4e367790d061b01a2bce6c278d99fc8d014fa485 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/windows.qdoc
@@ -527,9 +527,10 @@
     \section1 The Windows Deployment Tool
     \target windeployqt
     The Windows deployment tool is designed to automate the process of creating
-    a deployable folder containing the dependencies (libraries, QML imports,
-    plugins, and translations) that are required to run the application from
-    that folder. It creates a sandbox for \l{Qt for WinRT}{Windows Runtime}
+    a deployable folder containing the \l{Qt}-related dependencies
+    (libraries, QML imports, plugins, and translations) required to run
+    the application from that folder.
+    It creates a sandbox for \l{Qt for WinRT}{Windows Runtime}
     or an installation tree for Windows desktop applications, which can be
     easily bundled into an installation package.
 
@@ -542,6 +543,16 @@
     directory. The hardcoded local paths in Qt5Core.dll are furthermore replaced
     with relative ones.
 
+    For Windows desktop applications, the required runtime files for the compiler
+    are also copied to the deployable folder by default (unless the option
+    \c --no-compiler-runtime is specified). In the case of release builds using
+    Microsoft Visual C++, these consist of the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages,
+    which are intended for recursive installation by the application's installer on
+    the target machine. Otherwise, the shared libraries of the compiler runtime are used.
+
+    The application may require additional 3rd-party libraries (for example,
+    database libraries), which are not taken into account by windeployqt.
+
     Additional arguments are described in the tools' help output:
 
     \badcode