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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Elasticsearch website or from our RPM repository.
 
 `msi`::
 
+beta[]
++
 The `msi` package is suitable for installation on Windows 64-bit systems with at least
 .NET 4.5 framework installed, and is the easiest choice for getting started with
 Elasticsearch on Windows. MSIs may be downloaded from the Elasticsearch website.