diff --git a/connect-to-presto.sh b/connect-to-presto.sh
index c33f7df..1b6ddf2 100755
--- a/connect-to-presto.sh
+++ b/connect-to-presto.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+
+echo "counts how many events we've seen in total"
+
 ./docker-exec.sh exec presto presto-cli --server localhost:8080 --execute 'select count(*) from iceberg.demo_db.demo_table;'