diff --git a/default.theme b/default.theme
index 05e871fe..da1056d5 100644
--- a/default.theme
+++ b/default.theme
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ replaces = { "[]<>=" = "%K$0-%n"; };
 # if the ctcp was specified as "%g$0-" and nick was "%W$0-%n", the
 # "requested" text would be green
 
+# information about the %format is found from docs/formats.txt
 abstracts = {
   ##
   ## generic