diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 8bebe1bded38e431725c781bfc1e6cf4454a9f6b..6018c1eeef1ebd1703a7babdff5c45b38c613a3f 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # GRPC Bazel BUILD file.
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
+# This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
+# Please look at the templates directory instead.
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8994a78469626ec78708363fd9035814554c0ba8..675f9c10f601c4249806b322ac2e373e36626748 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # GRPC global makefile
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
+# This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
+# Please look at the templates directory instead.
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/templates/BUILD.template b/templates/BUILD.template
index fdf87bd29fc6448f4de4809a0bb5d5cfa7f88523..075c399a18c3cac7530bb6d7b9ea6579f9285b1a 100644
--- a/templates/BUILD.template
+++ b/templates/BUILD.template
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # GRPC Bazel BUILD file.
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
+# This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
+# Please look at the templates directory instead.
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
diff --git a/templates/Makefile.template b/templates/Makefile.template
index 73f7945074107163448cb289ff29aaf5de401aa7..926c908b66ff69ab8bca3ff02c16308ceba8599e 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile.template
+++ b/templates/Makefile.template
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # GRPC global makefile
 # This currently builds C and C++ code.
+# This file has been automatically generated from a template file.
+# Please look at the templates directory instead.
 
 # Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.