diff --git a/assignments/src/overview.html b/assignments/src/overview.html
index 14aefa70f04b897ae49f1c6f6c935a47cf015122..8bd48f5a636327b46e38dc39533ba370c1b38c28 100644
--- a/assignments/src/overview.html
+++ b/assignments/src/overview.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
<html>
+ <!-- this page is used as part of javadoc autogeneration -->
<body>
<p>
<!-- Note that javadoc throws an incorrect error regarding title attribute, but resulting HTML works as expected -->
diff --git a/examples/src/overview.html b/examples/src/overview.html
index 38e862289076f9a6ccd9639eca948b04503aa662..21433d260c303dbc915b29665036238462453b5c 100644
--- a/examples/src/overview.html
+++ b/examples/src/overview.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
<html>
+ <!-- this page is used as part of javadoc autogeneration -->
<body>
<p>
<!-- Note that javadoc throws an incorrect error regarding title attribute, but resulting HTML works as expected -->