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@@ -276,13 +276,15 @@ $ make
 $ ctest
 ```
 
-If you want to generate a coverage report with lcov, execute this instead:
+If you want to generate a coverage report with the lcov/genhtml tools, execute this instead:
 
 ```sh
 $ cmake .
 $ make coverage
 ```
 
+**Note: You need to use GCC for now as otherwise the target coverage doesn't exist!**
+
 The report is now in the subfolder coverage/index.html
 
 ## Execute unit tests with automake