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@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ This way, you can simply link your own target against pmp-library
 
     target_link_libraries(your_target pmp)
 
+### Note
+
+The usage described above is currently limited to the @ref core and @ref
+algorithms modules of the pmp-library. If you want to use the @ref visualization
+module you need to link your target against `pmp_vis` and its dependencies:
+`stb_image`, `imgui`, `glfw`, `glew`, as well as your platform OpenGL
+library. In this case, however, we recommend to use
+the [project template](https://github.com/pmp-library/pmp-template), see also
+[Quickstart](quickstart.html) .
+
 ## Build Options