diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73ba2c685..58fff8c76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# If you want to ignore files created by your editor/tools, please consider a
+# [global .gitignore](https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files).
+
 /bin/
 /man/
 coverage.txt