diff --git a/transex3/layout/zoom.xml b/transex3/layout/zoom.xml
index 1e52b17b0e49..0fb3d27343ff 100644
--- a/transex3/layout/zoom.xml
+++ b/transex3/layout/zoom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- This is a template.  i18n translation is not performed in-place;
+     i18n translated xml files are generated from this template by
+     transex3/layout/tralay.  !-->
 
 <modaldialog xmlns="http://openoffice.org/2007/layout"
              xmlns:cnt="http://openoffice.org/2007/layout/container"