diff --git a/ssl/ssl_alias_manager.sh b/ssl/ssl_alias_manager.sh
index ab1b81cc..3151501e 100755
--- a/ssl/ssl_alias_manager.sh
+++ b/ssl/ssl_alias_manager.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ FILEDIR=/var/lib/alternc/ssl-cert-alias
 rm -f "$TMP"
 mkdir -p "$FILEDIR"
 
+echo "# this file is autogenerated from /usr/lib/alternc/ssl_alias_manager.sh" >$TMP
+echo "# Please do not edit, your changes will be overwritten" >>$TMP
+
 mysql --defaults-file=/etc/alternc/my.cnf --skip-column-names -B -e "SELECT name,content FROM certif_alias;" | while read name content
 do
     echo "alias /$name ${FILEDIR}/${name}" >>$TMP