diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fdaaee575..5d6714274 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ import { transformAll } from "./transform/index.js";
 import { makeApiPathsEnum } from "./transform/paths.js";
 export * from "./types.js"; // expose all types to consumers
 
-export const WARNING_MESSAGE = `/**
-* This file was auto-generated by openapi-typescript.
-* Do not make direct changes to the file.
-*/
+export const COMMENT_HEADER = `/**
+ * This file was auto-generated by openapi-typescript.
+ * Do not make direct changes to the file.
+ */
 
 
 `;
 
 /**
  * This function is the entry to the program and allows the user to pass in a remote schema and/or local schema.
- * The URL or schema and headers can be passed in either programtically and/or via the CLI.
+ * The URL or schema and headers can be passed in either programmatically and/or via the CLI.
  * Remote schemas are fetched from a server that supplies JSON or YAML format via an HTTP GET request. File based schemas
  * are loaded in via file path, most commonly prefixed with the file:// format. Alternatively, the user can pass in
  * OpenAPI2 or OpenAPI3 schema objects that can be parsed directly by the function without reading the file system.
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ async function openapiTS(
   const ctx: GlobalContext = {
     additionalProperties: options.additionalProperties || false,
     auth: options.auth,
+    commentHeader: typeof options.commentHeader === "string" ? options.commentHeader : COMMENT_HEADER,
     defaultNonNullable: options.defaultNonNullable || false,
     formatter: options && typeof options.formatter === "function" ? options.formatter : undefined,
     immutableTypes: options.immutableTypes || false,
-    rawSchema: options.rawSchema || false,
     makePathsEnum: options.makePathsEnum || false,
-    version: options.version || 3,
-    supportArrayLength: options.supportArrayLength,
     pathParamsAsTypes: options.pathParamsAsTypes,
+    rawSchema: options.rawSchema || false,
+    supportArrayLength: options.supportArrayLength,
+    version: options.version || 3,
   };
 
   // note: we may be loading many large schemas into memory at once; take care to reuse references without cloning
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ async function openapiTS(
   }
 
   // 2. generate raw output
-  let output = WARNING_MESSAGE;
+  let output = ctx.commentHeader;
 
   // 2a. root schema
   if (!options?.version && !ctx.rawSchema) ctx.version = swaggerVersion(rootSchema as any); // note: root version cascades down to all subschemas
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 52ad60efc..c26912f68 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -165,21 +165,26 @@ export interface SwaggerToTSOptions {
    * (optional) Substitute path parameter names with their respective types.
    */
   pathParamsAsTypes?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * (optional) Provide your own comment header that prefixes the generated file.
+   * Note this isn’t validated, so any string entered will be accepted as-is.
+   */
+  commentHeader?: string;
 }
 
 /** Context passed to all submodules */
 export interface GlobalContext {
   additionalProperties: boolean;
   auth?: string;
+  commentHeader: string;
+  defaultNonNullable: boolean;
   formatter?: SchemaFormatter;
   immutableTypes: boolean;
-  defaultNonNullable: boolean;
-  /** (optional) Should logging be suppressed? (necessary for STDOUT) */
-  silent?: boolean;
+  makePathsEnum: boolean;
   namespace?: string;
+  pathParamsAsTypes?: boolean;
   rawSchema: boolean;
-  makePathsEnum: boolean;
-  version: number;
+  silent?: boolean;
   supportArrayLength?: boolean;
-  pathParamsAsTypes?: boolean;
+  version: number;
 }