diff --git a/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake b/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
index 780cda8f7..f8ff5d88b 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 # of version numbers that should be taken into account when searching
 # for Python.  You need to set this variable before calling
 # find_package(PythonInterp).
+#
+# If also calling find_package(PythonLibs), call find_package(PythonInterp)
+# first to get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent
+# version of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2005-2010 Kitware, Inc.
diff --git a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
index 656ed7be7..1f90f5b14 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 #
 #   PYTHON_LIBRARY             - path to the python library
 #   PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR         - path to where Python.h is found
+#
+# If also calling find_package(PythonInterp), call find_package(PythonInterp)
+# first to get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent
+# version of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2001-2009 Kitware, Inc.