diff --git a/global.org b/global.org
index 01bff86..ecf9afe 100644
--- a/global.org
+++ b/global.org
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
 
   See also [http://orgmode.org/manual/Extracting-source-code.html#Extracting-source-code]
 
+* About org-mode
+  I am insisting to use my own branch of org-mode; in order to have
+  this work, we need to run the following code before
+  anything else.  Add it to ~early-init.el~.  This file is tangled
+  every time emacs starts, so that's fine.
+
+  #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle "early-init.el"
+    ; this is required for using my branch of org-mode
+    (add-to-list 'load-path "~/clones/org-mode/lisp")
+    (require 'org-loaddefs)
+  #+end_src
 
 * Introduction
 ** ~setq~ vs ~setq-default~
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index ff5e824..3e56d4b 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-; this is required for using my branch of org-mode
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/clones/org-mode/lisp")
-(require 'org-loaddefs)
-
-
 ;; Added by Package.el.  This must come before configurations of
 ;; installed packages.  Don't delete this line.  If you don't want it,
 ;; just comment it out by adding a semicolon to the start of the line.
 ;; You may delete these explanatory comments.
 (package-initialize)
-                                        ;
 
 (org-babel-load-file "~/.emacs.d/global.org")