diff --git a/template/template.xml b/template/template.xml
index 44d114d76d..90bd86fc3b 100644
--- a/template/template.xml
+++ b/template/template.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
   <?dbhtml filename="TEMPLATE.html"?>
 
   <sect1info>
+    <!-- this part gets updated when you commit, IFF you set the properties:
+      first, svn add path/to/thisfile.xml and then
+      svn propset svn:mime-type text/plain path/to/thisfile.xml and
+      svn propset svn:keywords "Date LastChangedBy" path/to/thisfile.xml -->
     <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
     <date>$Date$</date>
   </sect1info>