diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bb5ba8..0ca528f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ The first exercise, `helloWorld` will walk you through the process in more depth
 ## Solutions
 
 Solutions for these exercises can be found in this repo on the 'solutions' branch.
+
+## a quick note!
+
+The generator exercise is not actually an exercise… it is a script that generates exercises. I was using it when I wrote them so I didn’t have to hack out the same boilerplate code every time I wrote a new one.