diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 5723bc6..8f9151f 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 ;;;              ...turns out that lots of the customization still makes
 ;;;              sense.  But fetching the packages is still the hard part.
 ;;;
+;;; (Changes before this are lost in the mists of time.  This file dates from
+;;; at least 1998.)
+;;;
 ;;; Code:
 ;; =================================================================
 ;; First, before anything... server goop.