diff --git a/handbook/essentials.html b/handbook/essentials.html
index 8aa083704..5fd224098 100644
--- a/handbook/essentials.html
+++ b/handbook/essentials.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS).
     <!--NOTE downloads from the handbook are from /expoweb/ repo and are managed by troggle and the correct "Content type" is set, 
     whereas files downloaded from /expofiles/ are just managed by apache and so Chrome on Android munges the filename 
     So DO NOT store gpx files for download on /expofiles/     -->
-      <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials</a> (downloads as XML)</td> 
       <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.kml">essentials.kml</a></td> 
       <td><a download href="/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.zip">essentials.zip</a></td> 
     </tr>