diff --git a/go/libraries/events/emitter.go b/go/libraries/events/emitter.go
index 2eacaaca77..d8df06e976 100644
--- a/go/libraries/events/emitter.go
+++ b/go/libraries/events/emitter.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/iohelp"
 )
 
+// Application is the application ID used for all events emitted by this application. Other applications (not dolt) 
+// should set this once at initialization.
 var Application = eventsapi.AppID_APP_DOLT
 
 // EmitterTypeEnvVar is the environment variable DOLT_EVENTS_EMITTER, which you can set to one of the values below