diff --git a/templates/BUILD.template b/templates/BUILD.template
index 075c399a18c3cac7530bb6d7b9ea6579f9285b1a..ec5fb3584f00295e418679911b6a0b6d6ec2d782 100644
--- a/templates/BUILD.template
+++ b/templates/BUILD.template
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
 # This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
 # Please look at the templates directory instead.
+# This file can be regenerated from the template by running
+# tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/templates/Makefile.template b/templates/Makefile.template
index 8513963e010dc77a0815f41ddea1856946efb0e9..ebe207f191882fe04f51ea9d45808191641203f4 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile.template
+++ b/templates/Makefile.template
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
 # This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
 # Please look at the templates directory instead.
+# This file can be regenerated from the template by running
+# tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.