--- a/mercurial/help/pager.txt	Tue May 02 22:26:09 2017 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/help/pager.txt	Wed May 03 21:58:11 2017 -0400
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 $PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, a default pager
 will be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.
 
+.. container:: windows
+
+  On Windows, `more` is not color aware, so using it effectively disables color.
+  MSYS and Cygwin shells provide `less` as a pager, which can be configured to
+  support ANSI color codes.  See :hg:`help config.color.pagermode` to configure
+  the color mode when invoking a pager.
+
 You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the
 pager.ignore list::