diff --git a/helper_scripts/utils.sh b/helper_scripts/utils.sh
index ff8c01d2e4b886e131a271e93b4b448dff5113e1..b42fd32dc2e9bcca2aebe84e77c5f03adc073d0f 100644
--- a/helper_scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/helper_scripts/utils.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+#  this is a bash script library to be called by other scripts, 
+#  but not to be run directly
+
 # Copyright (c) 2009, Scott Barr <gsbarr@gmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #