diff --git a/_examples/enum/model/model.go b/_examples/enum/model/model.go
index bc7b9b1bcc2..5952763e54b 100644
--- a/_examples/enum/model/model.go
+++ b/_examples/enum/model/model.go
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
+// this file is provided as an example for int-based enums
+// but if you instead wanted to support arbitrary 
+// english words for numbers to integers, consider
+// github.com/will-lol/numberconverter/etoi or a similar library
 type IntTyped int
 
 const (