diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/readme.txt b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7ea7e499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This demo demonstrates how to use fpspreadsheet to read and write files with wiki table format in it.
+
+Note that the write example currently writes a format that the read example cannot understand.
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diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitableread.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitableread.lpr
index 0ea46aa2d..b05cd02d0 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitableread.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitableread.lpr
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
-wikitableread.dpr
-
-Demonstrates how to read a wikitable file using the fpspreadsheet library
+wikitableread.lpr
 
+Demonstrates how to read a wikitable (wikimedia format) file using the fpspreadsheet library
+Note: the output written by wikitablewrite cannot yet be read by the
+wikitableread demo.
 }
 program wikitableread;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ begin
   InputFileName := MyDir + 'test.wikitable_wikimedia';
 
   if not FileExists(InputFileName) then begin
-    WriteLn('Input file ', InputFileName, ' does not exist. Please run wikitablewrite first.');
+    WriteLn('Input file ', InputFileName, ' does not exist. Please make sure a file exists with data in the correct format.');
     Halt;
   end;
   WriteLn('Opening input file ', InputFilename);
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitablewrite.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitablewrite.lpr
index 258f2fe63..567a6d7fc 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitablewrite.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/wikitabledemo/wikitablewrite.lpr
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
-wikitablewrite.dpr
+wikitablewrite.lpr
 
 Demonstrates how to write a wikitable file using the fpspreadsheet library
+Note: the output written by wikitablewrite cannot yet be read by the
+wikitableread demo.
 }
 program wikitablewrite;