<p>For my answer I am going to assume you are running Craft 3.</p>

<p>Notes are displayed in the sidebar:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/zsStU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zsStU.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>When viewing the "Current" version of an entry, you can see the notes in the sidebar from when that entry was <strong>last saved</strong>.</p>

<p>If you go back through the version history of an entry, the notes in the sidebar will change to the notes left from the <strong>previous version of that entry</strong>.</p>

<p>You can also add notes to a draft version of an entry:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Qtwbi.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Qtwbi.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Once the draft has been published, the draft version will now become the "Current" version, and the notes from the draft should show in the sidebar.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-02-14T12:39:52.090Z
Thanks, I missed that it was showing underneath the Updated at: I was looking in the changes box. I had been looking for a way to leave a permanent note about how the Summary field should be formatted.
Paul Frost
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-02-14T13:16:44.690Z
Without using a plugin, I don't believe there is a way to leave permanent messages. Maybe you could include this info in the instructions for the summary field? That's what I do for my projects.
Jamie Wade
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-02-14T16:14:30.027Z
Thanks, my problem is that this is just for one entry in a section with many other entries. I may need to create a new section (perhaps make it a single) just for this. It's part of other general information entries but the summary is used to populate a few pop-up explainers. I didn't want to duplicate it or hard code it into the template and then have one version updated and not the other.
Paul Frost
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-02-14T11:06:16.730Z
2019-02-14T11:06:16.730Z
Jamie Wade
<p>On a CP edit entry page there is a box for 'Notes about your changes'.
I have entered text in there and saved the entry, but it doesn't seem show up anywhere. How does it work?</p>

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Notes about your changes
# Notes about your changes

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-14)

On a CP edit entry page there is a box for 'Notes about your changes'.
I have entered text in there and saved the entry, but it doesn't seem show up anywhere. How does it work?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-14. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

For my answer I am going to assume you are running Craft 3.

Notes are displayed in the sidebar:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/zsStU.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/zsStU.jpg)

When viewing the "Current" version of an entry, you can see the notes in the sidebar from when that entry was **last saved**.

If you go back through the version history of an entry, the notes in the sidebar will change to the notes left from the **previous version of that entry**.

You can also add notes to a draft version of an entry:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Qtwbi.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Qtwbi.jpg)

Once the draft has been published, the draft version will now become the "Current" version, and the notes from the draft should show in the sidebar.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, I missed that it was showing underneath the Updated at: I was looking in the changes box. I had been looking for a way to leave a permanent note about how the Summary field should be formatted.  
> **username_1**: Without using a plugin, I don't believe there is a way to leave permanent messages. Maybe you could include this info in the instructions for the summary field? That's what I do for my projects.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, my problem is that this is just for one entry in a section with many other entries. I may need to create a new section (perhaps make it a single) just for this. It's part of other general information entries but the summary is used to populate a few pop-up explainers. I didn't want to duplicate it or hard code it into the template and then have one version updated and not the other.  

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