diff --git a/GPy/util/__init__.py b/GPy/util/__init__.py
index 55b88986..de6df56a 100644
--- a/GPy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/util/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
+"""
+Introduction
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+A variety of utility functions including matrix operations and quick access to test datasets.
+
+"""
 
 from . import linalg
 from . import misc