diff --git a/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp b/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
index 37a0c3af6..6012b4875 100644
--- a/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/vdomdocument.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ void VDomDocument::CreateEmptyFile()
     QDomElement domElement = this->createElement("pattern");
 
     this->appendChild(domElement);
+    QDomComment info = this->createComment("Valentina pattern format.");
+    domElement.appendChild(info);
     QDomNode xmlNode = this->createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"");
     this->insertBefore(xmlNode, this->firstChild());
     QDomElement incrElement = this->createElement("increments");