diff --git a/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html b/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
index 6719cacc3..efdc1cafb 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
+++ b/nodes/core/io/23-watch.html
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
     </div>
+     <div id="node-input-tip" class="form-tips">On Windows you must use double slashes \\ in any directory names.</div>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="watch">
-	<p>Watches a file or directory for any changes.</p>
-	<p>You can enter a list of comma separated files, or directories if you like. You will need to put " around any that have spaces in.</p>
-	<p>The filename of the file that actually changed is put into <b>msg.payload</b>, while a stringified version of the watched criteria is returned in <b>msg.topic</b>.</p>
-	<p>Of course in Linux, <i>everything</i> could be a file and thus watched...</p>
+    <p>Watches a file or directory for any changes.</p>
+    <p>You can enter a list of comma separated files, or directories if you like. You will need to put " around any that have spaces in.</p>
+    <p>On Windows you must use double slashes \\ in any directory names.</p>
+    <p>The full filename of the file that actually changed is put into <b>msg.payload</b>, while a stringified version of the watched criteria is returned in <b>msg.topic</b>.</p>
+    <p>msg.file contains just the short filename of the file that changed.</p>
+    <p>Of course in Linux, <i>everything</i> could be a file and thus watched...</p>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">