diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1cea2ae441..0aec4f9c88 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This package runs under Python 2.7, and 3.6+, use pip_ to install:
     $ pip install graphviz
 
 To render the generated DOT source code, you also need to install Graphviz
-(`download page`_, `installation procedure for Windows`_).
+(`download page`_, `installation procedure for Windows`_, `archived versions`_).
 
 Make sure that the directory containing the ``dot`` executable is on your
 systems' path.
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ This package is distributed under the `MIT license`_.
 .. _master repo: https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/
 .. _download page: https://www.graphviz.org/download/
 .. _installation procedure for Windows: https://forum.graphviz.org/t/new-simplified-installation-procedure-on-windows/224
+.. _archived versions: https://www2.graphviz.org/Archive/stable/
 .. _DOT: https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html
 .. _Jupyter notebooks: https://jupyter.org
 .. _IPython notebooks: https://ipython.org/notebook.html
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 0b950fc731..660bd91b5d 100644
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -20,13 +20,24 @@ isolated install, you can run the same inside a virtualenv_ or a
 :mod:`py3:venv` (Python 3 only).
 
 The only dependency is a working installation of Graphviz (`download page`_,
-`installation procedure for Windows`_).
+`installation procedure for Windows`_, `archived versions`_).
 
 After installing Graphviz, make sure that its ``bin/`` subdirectory containing
 the layout commands for rendering graph descriptions (``dot``, ``circo``,
 ``neato``, etc.) is on your systems' path: On the command-line, ``dot -V``
 should print the version of your Graphiz installation.
 
+.. hint::
+
+    Windows users might want to check the status of known issues
+    (gvedit.exe__, sfdp__, commands__) and consider trying an older archived
+    version as a workaround (e.g. graphviz-2.38.msi__).
+
+    __ https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/1816
+    __ https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/1269
+    __ https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/1753
+    __ https://www2.graphviz.org/Archive/stable/windows/graphviz-2.38.msi
+
 
 Basic usage
 -----------
@@ -648,8 +659,9 @@ cycles.
 .. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io
 
 .. _Graphviz: https://www.graphviz.org
-.. _installation procedure for Windows: https://forum.graphviz.org/t/new-simplified-installation-procedure-on-windows/224
 .. _download page: https://www.graphviz.org/download/
+.. _installation procedure for Windows: https://forum.graphviz.org/t/new-simplified-installation-procedure-on-windows/224
+.. _archived versions: https://www2.graphviz.org/Archive/stable/
 .. _DOT: https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html
 .. _output file format: https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/output.html
 .. _appearance: https://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html