diff --git a/example.tex b/example.tex
index ad5bb7e73433ece06cec1ba87a80b129e3ee2cc7..79d2b529c069f5f8186992a096a8ea05d1d9141c 100644
--- a/example.tex
+++ b/example.tex
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 	]{HsH-report}		% documentclass
 
 
+% # the preamble:
+% everything between `\docuemtnclass' and `\begin{document}' is called the preamble. Here you configure all settings for your document.
+% The `\documentclass' command is actually part of that configuration. Lets see what you could do here:
+
+
 % bibliography
 % include biblatex, if you want to use it:
 % \usepackage{biblatex} % coment this in to use biber