From 5622011bc557d1dde88ac0dd1456441fef6fb7d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chriseth <c@ethdev.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:22:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Note about private note being invisible.

---
 docs/contracts.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst
index 9ff9f0f5e..16809586c 100644
--- a/docs/contracts.rst
+++ b/docs/contracts.rst
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ and the default is `internal`.
     visible for the contract they are defined in and not in
     derived contracts.
 
+.. note::
+    Everything that is inside a contract is visible to
+    all external observers. Making something `private`
+    only prevents other contract from accessing and modifying
+    the information, but it will still be visible to the
+    whole world outside of the blockchain.
+
 The visibility specifier is given after the type for
 state variables and between parameter list and
 return parameter list for functions.