diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e24938c0..e61da393 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ Icon
 
 # Documentation
 _build
+
+# MS Visual Studio (PyTools)
+obj
+*.pyproj
+*.sln
+*.suo
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f4c240d8..ef1125fc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Contributing
 ============
 
-If you use jrnl, you can totally make my day by just saying "thanks for the code" or by [tweeting about jrnl](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Write+your+memoirs+on+the+command+line.+Like+a+boss.+%23jrnl&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaebert.github.io%2Fjrnl&via=maebert). It's your change to make a programmer happy today! If you have a minute or two, let me know what you use jrnl for and how, it'll help me to make it even better. If you blog about jrnl, I'll send you a post-card!
+If you use jrnl, you can totally make my day by just saying "thanks for the code" or by [tweeting about jrnl](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Write+your+memoirs+on+the+command+line.+Like+a+boss.+%23jrnl&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaebert.github.io%2Fjrnl&via=maebert). It's your chance to make a programmer happy today! If you have a minute or two, let me know what you use jrnl for and how, it'll help me to make it even better. If you blog about jrnl, I'll send you a post-card!
 
 
 Bugs
diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index f9122892..41d7a225 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Journal(object):
                 line = line.strip()
                 new_date = datetime.strptime(line[:date_length], self.config['timeformat'])
 
-                # parsing successfull => save old entry and create new one
+                # parsing successful => save old entry and create new one
                 if new_date and current_entry:
                     entries.append(current_entry)
 
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index cd1683d9..7a6fa5c4 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ default_config = {
     'timeformat': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
     'tagsymbols': '@',
     'highlight': True,
-    'linewrap': 80,
+    'linewrap': 79,
 }
 
 
 def upgrade_config(config, config_path=os.path.expanduser("~/.jrnl_conf")):
     """Checks if there are keys missing in a given config dict, and if so, updates the config file accordingly.
-    This essentially automatically ports jrnl installations if new config parameters are  introduced in later
+    This essentially automatically ports jrnl installations if new config parameters are introduced in later
     versions."""
     missing_keys = set(default_config).difference(config)
     if missing_keys:
diff --git a/jrnl/jrnl.py b/jrnl/jrnl.py
index 96ac97b3..451ddbdc 100755
--- a/jrnl/jrnl.py
+++ b/jrnl/jrnl.py
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ def cli(manual_args=None):
     else:
         journal = Journal.Journal(journal_name, **config)
 
+    if "win32" in sys.platform:
+        # for Windows systems
+        _exit_multiline_code = "on a blank line, press Ctrl+Z and then Enter"
+    else:
+        # for *nix systems (and others?)
+        _exit_multiline_code = "press Ctrl+D"
+
     if mode_compose and not args.text:
         if not sys.stdin.isatty():
             # Piping data into jrnl
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ def cli(manual_args=None):
         elif config['editor']:
             raw = get_text_from_editor(config)
         else:
-            raw = util.py23_read("[Compose Entry, press Ctrl+D to finish writing]\n")
+            raw = util.py23_read("[Compose Entry; " +  _exit_multiline_code + " to finish writing]\n")
         if raw:
             args.text = [raw]
         else: