diff --git a/stamp-vc b/stamp-vc
index 093711c197e5bade361b2b9e105fdea2f68594b6..ea2c89e7d0add59fdefb1c3278dc5e54b73990ea 100644
--- a/stamp-vc
+++ b/stamp-vc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Stamp file to show that we are not in a distribution tarball (i.e., dune-autogen.sh needs to be called).
+A stamp file to signify that this directory comes from a version control system, not an unpacked tarball