diff --git a/spew/Makefile b/spew/Makefile
index 186078d..e20adb9 100644
--- a/spew/Makefile
+++ b/spew/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+all:
+	@echo
+	@echo the github branch in this repo has the davecgh\'s master branch
+	@echo
+	@echo this is an experiement by me to learn how go modules and versioning works
+	@echo go-spew is a great tool. thanks dave!
+	@echo
+
 redomod:
 	rm -f go.*
 	GO111MODULE= go mod init