diff --git a/modules/ximgproc/samples/structured_edge_detection.cpp b/modules/ximgproc/samples/structured_edge_detection.cpp
index fed8da40d..4c20d01a5 100644
--- a/modules/ximgproc/samples/structured_edge_detection.cpp
+++ b/modules/ximgproc/samples/structured_edge_detection.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**************************************************************************************
+The structered edge demo requires you to provide a model.
+This model can be found at the opencv_extra repository on Github on the following link:
+https://github.com/Itseez/opencv_extra/blob/master/testdata/cv/ximgproc/model.yml.gz
+***************************************************************************************/
+
 #include <opencv2/ximgproc.hpp>
 #include "opencv2/highgui.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/core/utility.hpp"