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asarkar · Aug 5, 2020 · 623c10c · 623c10c
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@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the build duration can't be calculated precisely.
 The bars and percentages are rounded off such that the output provides a good indication of how long individual 
 tasks took to complete relative to the build, but are not meant to be correct up to the milliseconds.
 
+> If the output console does not support UTF-8 encoding, the bars may appear as weird characters. If you are running
+Windows, make sure the terminal encoding is set to UTF-8, or turn off the bars as explained below.
+
 See [Gradle Plugin Portal](https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.asarkar.gradle.build-time-tracker) for usage instructions.
 
 If you are the fiddling type, you can customize the plugin as follows: