diff --git project_git_instructions.admin.inc project_git_instructions.admin.inc
index ac594d6..749719f 100644
--- project_git_instructions.admin.inc
+++ project_git_instructions.admin.inc
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ function project_git_instructions_settings_form() {
     [@anon_sandbox_url] => http://git.drupal.org/sandbox/merlinofchaos/ctools.git<br />
     </div>'
   );
+  $form['project_git_instructions_page_header'] = array(
+    '#title' => t('Page header'),
+    '#description' => t('The header displayed for every instruction page.'),
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
+    '#rows' => 20,
+    '#cols' => 80,
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('project_git_instructions_page_header', project_git_instructions_page_header()),
+  );
   $form['project_git_instructions_maintainer'] = array(
     '#title' => t('Project Maintainer with Branches'),
     '#description' => t('The documentation displayed for a maintainer of an established repository.'),
diff --git project_git_instructions.module project_git_instructions.module
index 995154b..bd7cb19 100644
--- project_git_instructions.module
+++ project_git_instructions.module
@@ -184,29 +184,31 @@ function project_git_instructions_project_tab($node, $version = NULL, $do_nonmai
     $is_maintainer = FALSE;
   }
 
+  $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_page_header', project_git_instructions_page_header());
+
   if ($versions && $is_maintainer && $is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_maintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_maintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_maintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_maintainer());
   }
   if ($versions && $is_maintainer && !$is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_maintainer', project_git_instructions_maintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_maintainer', project_git_instructions_maintainer());
   }
   if ($versions && !$is_maintainer && $is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_nonmaintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_nonmaintainer());
   }
   if ($versions && !$is_maintainer && !$is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_nonmaintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_nonmaintainer());
   }
   if (!$versions && $is_maintainer && $is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_new_maintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_new_maintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_sandbox_new_maintainer', project_git_instructions_sandbox_new_maintainer());
   }
   if (!$versions && $is_maintainer && !$is_sandbox) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_new_maintainer', project_git_instructions_new_maintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_new_maintainer', project_git_instructions_new_maintainer());
   }
   if (!$versions && !$is_maintainer) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_new_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_new_nonmaintainer());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_new_nonmaintainer', project_git_instructions_new_nonmaintainer());
   }
   if ($is_maintainer && empty($defaults['@git_username'])) {
-    $raw_text = variable_get('project_git_instructions_empty_git_username', project_git_instructions_empty_git_username());
+    $raw_text .= variable_get('project_git_instructions_empty_git_username', project_git_instructions_empty_git_username());
   }
   $content[] = t($raw_text, $defaults);
 
@@ -356,6 +358,20 @@ function project_git_instructions_project_promote_sandbox($project) {
   drupal_set_message(t($raw_text, $defaults));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Produce a header to be displayed above every instruction page.
+ */
+function project_git_instructions_page_header() {
+  $default = <<<EOT
+<div class="meta">
+  <ul>
+  <li>Update Notice: See <a href="/node/1134632">Git instructions updates</a> for a record of updates to these instructions.</li>
+  <li>Last updated: ????, 2011</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+EOT;
+  return $default;
+}
 
 /**
  * Produce project/version specific instructions.