diff --git a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
index 8a9e2fc61327e7..003229d8a59754 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ def finish(self):
         try:
             f.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n'.encode('utf-8'))
             f.write(('# Autogenerated by Sphinx on %s\n' % asctime()).encode('utf-8'))
+            f.write('# as part of the release process.\n'.encode('utf-8'))
             f.write(('topics = ' + pformat(self.topics) + '\n').encode('utf-8'))
         finally:
             f.close()