diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f00b5eb36b..3c48788dcc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <slf4jVersion>1.6.1</slf4jVersion>
+
+        <!-- see http://maven.apache.org/general.html -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>