diff --git a/development/compiling/compiling_for_windows.rst b/development/compiling/compiling_for_windows.rst
index 05f008a61..8d4773c2e 100644
--- a/development/compiling/compiling_for_windows.rst
+++ b/development/compiling/compiling_for_windows.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ build a corresponding executable.
 This executable file contains the whole engine and runs without any
 dependencies. Executing it will bring up the Project Manager.
 
+.. note:: If you are compiling Godot for production use, then you can
+          make the final executable smaller and faster by adding the
+          SCons option ``target=release_debug``.
+
 How the prompts actually work
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~