diff --git a/.gitmessage b/.gitmessage
index 4afc0c8..d8d282a 100644
--- a/.gitmessage
+++ b/.gitmessage
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # 
 # Scope:
 #   latex    (changes to thesis LaTeX)
+#   documentclass (LaTeX in-house document class changes)
 #   src      (changes to Python source code)
 #   nb       (changes to notebooks)
 #   ml       (ML model specific changes)