diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 504361b225..206b38da04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# If you need to exclude files such as those generated by an IDE, use
+# $GIT_DIR/info/exclude or the core.excludesFile configuration variable as
+# described in https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
+
 *.egg-info
 *.pot
 *.py[co]