diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/GlobalCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/GlobalCommand.php
index 46019f1c3..2b3b87db5 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/GlobalCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/GlobalCommand.php
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ Use this command as a wrapper to run other Composer commands
 within the global context of COMPOSER_HOME.
 
 You can use this to install CLI utilities globally, all you need
-is to add the COMPOSER_HOME/bin dir to your PATH env var.
+is to add the COMPOSER_HOME/vendor/bin dir to your PATH env var.
 
 COMPOSER_HOME is c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Composer on Windows
 and /home/<user>/.composer on unix systems.
 
+Note: This path may vary depending on customizations to bin-dir in 
+composer.json or the environmental variable COMPOSER_BIN_DIR.
+
 EOT
             )
         ;