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diff --git a/docs/installing-solidity.rst b/docs/installing-solidity.rst
index 6726ded9..cba30ed3 100644
--- a/docs/installing-solidity.rst
+++ b/docs/installing-solidity.rst
@@ -203,19 +203,38 @@ Prerequisites - Windows
You will need to install the following dependencies for Windows builds of Solidity:
-+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
-| Software | Notes |
-+==============================+=======================================================+
-| `Git for Windows`_ | Command-line tool for retrieving source from Github. |
-+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
-| `CMake`_ | Cross-platform build file generator. |
-+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
-| `Visual Studio 2015`_ | C++ compiler and dev environment. |
-+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| Software | Notes |
++===================================+=======================================================+
+| `Git for Windows`_ | Command-line tool for retrieving source from Github. |
++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| `CMake`_ | Cross-platform build file generator. |
++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| `Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools`_ | C++ compiler |
++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| `Visual Studio 2017`_ (Optional) | C++ compiler and dev environment. |
++-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+
+If you've already had one IDE and only need compiler and libraries,
+you could install Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools.
+
+Visual Studio 2017 provides both IDE and necessary compiler and libraries.
+So if you have not got an IDE and prefer to develop solidity, Visual Studio 2017
+may be an choice for you to get everything setup easily.
+
+Here is the list of components that should be installed
+in Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools or Visual Studio 2017:
+
+* Visual Studio C++ core features
+* VC++ 2017 v141 toolset (x86,x64)
+* Windows Universal CRT SDK
+* Windows 8.1 SDK
+* C++/CLI support
.. _Git for Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win
.. _CMake: https://cmake.org/download/
-.. _Visual Studio 2015: https://www.visualstudio.com/products/vs-2015-product-editions
+.. _Visual Studio 2017: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/
+.. _Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017
External Dependencies
@@ -263,7 +282,7 @@ And even for Windows:
mkdir build
cd build
- cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..
+ cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ..
This latter set of instructions should result in the creation of
**solidity.sln** in that build directory. Double-clicking on that file