diff --git a/engine/getstarted-voting-app/deploy-app.md b/engine/getstarted-voting-app/deploy-app.md
index fa9c6b82d9..972162cfb1 100644
--- a/engine/getstarted-voting-app/deploy-app.md
+++ b/engine/getstarted-voting-app/deploy-app.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ The `docker-stack.yml` file must be located on a manager for the swarm where you
 
     Copy-and-paste the contents of that file into a file of the same name on your host.
 
+    >**Tip:** To avoid text encoding errors from a direct file download, especially on Windows, create the file directly in a Linux environment on your local machine and copy-paste the raw text from the original `docker-stack.yml`. A file downloaded on a Windows system might include `^M` line endings, which will prevent the app from running in the Docker Linux based environment.
+
 2.  Copy `docker-stack.yml` from your host machine onto the manager.
 
     ```