diff --git a/roles/git/templates/config.host.j2 b/roles/git/templates/config.host.j2
index 33f5074..ac06b53 100644
--- a/roles/git/templates/config.host.j2
+++ b/roles/git/templates/config.host.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+#         *************************************
+#         *       DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE       *
+#         *************************************
+#
+# This file was generated by Ansible and any changes will be overwritten the
+# next time the playbook is run. For local settings, use this instead:
+#
+#   ~/.local/etc/git/config
+#
+
 [user]
     name = {{ git_user }}
     email = {{ git_email }}