From 23df064b34abc25bf0ab6f5d1451a8b80744a53a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:00:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update instructions on building protoc plugins

---
 vsprojects/README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vsprojects/README.md b/vsprojects/README.md
index 05c13bb866..b95b468465 100644
--- a/vsprojects/README.md
+++ b/vsprojects/README.md
@@ -86,4 +86,6 @@ $ cd third_party/protobuf/cmake
 $ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013"
 ```
 
-2. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...)
+2. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\cmake\protobuf.sln` and build it in Release mode. That will build libraries `libprotobuf.lib` and `libprotoc.lib` needed for the next step.
+
+3. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...)
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