# Are comments supported in the synonyms file?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-comments-supported-in-the-synonyms-file/345442
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 20, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-comments-supported-in-the-synonyms-file/345442 "2023-10-20T06:46:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@peterge1998](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterge1998)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-comments-supported-in-the-synonyms-file/345442/1 "2023-10-20T06:46:31Z")
We set up a new way to deploy the synonyms file to our elasticsearch hosts in our company using gitlab ci cd and ansible. Now we would like to include a comment into the synonyms file, some this like "Ansible managed, edit in this repo: -link-".
Is it possible to comment this line without harming the file structure?
Do I need to put comments in there with a # or maybe with /\*\* \*\*/ ?
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### Author:  [@peterge1998](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterge1998)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-comments-supported-in-the-synonyms-file/345442/2 "2023-10-20T08:08:32Z")
One of our developers mentioned that # is the correct way to add comments in the synonyms file
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-comments-supported-in-the-synonyms-file/345442/3 "2023-11-17T08:08:40Z")
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