diff --git a/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Pretty.lhs b/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Pretty.lhs
index a73c430..0351fa9 100644
--- a/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Pretty.lhs
+++ b/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Pretty.lhs
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ which have been changed to try to improve the layout of the output.
 > valueExpr _ (NextValueFor ns) =
 >     text "next value for" <+> names ns
 
+> valueExpr d (VEComment cmt v) =
+>     vcat $ map comment cmt ++ [valueExpr d v]
 
 > doubleUpQuotes :: String -> String
 > doubleUpQuotes [] = []
@@ -358,6 +360,8 @@ which have been changed to try to improve the layout of the output.
 >     text "values"
 >     <+> nest 7 (commaSep (map (parens . commaSep . map (valueExpr d)) vs))
 > queryExpr _ (Table t) = text "table" <+> names t
+> queryExpr d (QEComment cmt v) =
+>     vcat $ map comment cmt ++ [queryExpr d v]
 
 
 > alias :: Alias -> Doc
@@ -441,3 +445,6 @@ which have been changed to try to improve the layout of the output.
 
 > me :: (a -> Doc) -> Maybe a -> Doc
 > me = maybe empty
+
+> comment :: Comment -> Doc
+> comment (BlockComment str) = text "/*" <+> text str <+> text "*/"
diff --git a/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Syntax.lhs b/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Syntax.lhs
index 87ac07c..d7d7e80 100644
--- a/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Syntax.lhs
+++ b/Language/SQL/SimpleSQL/Syntax.lhs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 >     ,JoinCondition(..)
 >      -- * dialect
 >     ,Dialect(..)
+>      -- * comment
+>     ,Comment(..)
 >     ) where
 
 > import Data.Data
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@
 >     | MultisetCtor [ValueExpr]
 >     | MultisetQueryCtor QueryExpr
 >     | NextValueFor [Name]
+>     | VEComment [Comment] ValueExpr
 >       deriving (Eq,Show,Read,Data,Typeable)
 
 > -- | Represents an identifier name, which can be quoted or unquoted.
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ This would make some things a bit cleaner?
 >       ,qeQueryExpression :: QueryExpr}
 >     | Values [[ValueExpr]]
 >     | Table [Name]
+>     | QEComment [Comment] QueryExpr
 >       deriving (Eq,Show,Read,Data,Typeable)
 
 TODO: add queryexpr parens to deal with e.g.
@@ -323,7 +327,6 @@ I'm not sure if this is valid syntax or not.
 >                     ,qeOffset = Nothing
 >                     ,qeFetchFirst = Nothing}
 
-
 > -- | Represents the Distinct or All keywords, which can be used
 > -- before a select list, in an aggregate/window function
 > -- application, or in a query expression set operator.
@@ -383,3 +386,9 @@ I'm not sure if this is valid syntax or not.
 > data Dialect = SQL2011
 >              | MySQL
 >                deriving (Eq,Show,Read,Data,Typeable)
+
+
+> -- | Comment. Useful when generating SQL code programmatically.
+> data Comment = BlockComment String
+>                deriving (Eq,Show,Read,Data,Typeable)
+
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 446ebfc..6e58ae1 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ please email jakewheatmail@gmail.com or use the github bug tracker,
 https://github.com/JakeWheat/simple-sql-parser/issues.
 0.4.1 (unreleased)
 	simple demonstration of how dialects could be handled internally
+	add ability to add comments to syntax tree to help with generating
+	  SQL code
 0.4.0 (commit 7914898cc8f07bbaf8358d208469392346341964)
 	now targets SQL:2011
 	update to ghc 7.8.2