diff --git a/orchestra/model/configuration.py b/orchestra/model/configuration.py
index ab96388149ccefb1c65a3ece2b1ec26794a8f3c3..5675893f0b223a47383187b01e000a9836057e16 100644
--- a/orchestra/model/configuration.py
+++ b/orchestra/model/configuration.py
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ class Configuration:
 
         with open(remotes_config_file, "w") as f:
             f.write(dedent(f"""
+            #! This file was automatically generated by orchestra.
+            #! Edit it to use additional remotes.
             #@data/values
             ---
             #@overlay/match missing_ok=True