diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd1117c2908..47584402dde 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 			xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 
+<!-- cosmetic change -->
 
 	<!-- the version info -->
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>