diff --git a/06_example_code/visualise_area_in_colors.ijm b/06_example_code/visualise_area_in_colors.ijm
index 01c1a77d0307b329ac1c070da6b912d99b62b72f..72fd296f2932a71ae92d6751ad36cb2f5c8d2ff6 100644
--- a/06_example_code/visualise_area_in_colors.ijm
+++ b/06_example_code/visualise_area_in_colors.ijm
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+// This script analyses a time lapse of images showing yeast cells.
+// It measures their size and visualises
+// cells in different colors depending on their features:
+// * red: too small
+// * green: others
+//
+//
+// Robert Haase, rhaase@mpi-cbg.de
+// May 2019
+
 // open an image from the rounding assay
 open("C:/structure/teaching/lecture_applied_bioimage_analysis/05_example_code_and_data/rounding_assay/rounding_assay0004.tif");