diff --git a/app-emulation/dxvk/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/dxvk/metadata.xml
index bcd095ee95b9a..292ce261879c2 100644
--- a/app-emulation/dxvk/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/dxvk/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	<use>
 		<flag name="crossdev-mingw">
 			Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than
-			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up)
+			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up
+			and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if have issues)
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="d3d8">Enable support for DirectX 8 (d3d8.dll)</flag>
 		<flag name="d3d9">Enable support for DirectX 9 (d3d9.dll)</flag>
diff --git a/app-emulation/vkd3d-proton/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/vkd3d-proton/metadata.xml
index 65a03f88f50d7..40d54a3180088 100644
--- a/app-emulation/vkd3d-proton/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/vkd3d-proton/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	<use>
 		<flag name="crossdev-mingw">
 			Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than
-			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up)
+			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up
+			and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if have issues)
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="extras">Install extra tools and demos in /usr/lib/vkd3d-proton</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
index cc21bdb8ce89e..3eb642f0a513a 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-proton/metadata.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 	<use>
 		<flag name="crossdev-mingw">
 			Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than
-			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up)
+			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up
+			and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if have issues)
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="gecko">Enable mshtml support using <pkg>app-emulation/wine-gecko</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="mono">Enable .NET support using <pkg>app-emulation/wine-mono</pkg></flag>
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
index e20c128974c94..814d877adcbed 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-staging/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ This variant of the Wine packaging includes the Wine-Staging patchset.
 		<flag name="capi">Enable ISDN support using <pkg>net-libs/libcapi</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="crossdev-mingw">
 			Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than
-			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up)
+			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up
+			and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if have issues)
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="dos">Pull in <pkg>games-emulation/dosbox</pkg> to run DOS applications</flag>
 		<flag name="gecko">Enable mshtml support using <pkg>app-emulation/wine-gecko</pkg></flag>
diff --git a/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
index 99ab7d2e9aab8..04c6a41bee458 100644
--- a/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/wine-vanilla/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ This variant of the Wine packaging does not include external patchsets
 		<flag name="capi">Enable ISDN support using <pkg>net-libs/libcapi</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="crossdev-mingw">
 			Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than
-			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up)
+			<pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setting up
+			and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if have issues)
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="dos">Pull in <pkg>games-emulation/dosbox</pkg> to run DOS applications</flag>
 		<flag name="gecko">Enable mshtml support using <pkg>app-emulation/wine-gecko</pkg></flag>