diff --git a/importing.md b/importing.md
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--- a/importing.md
+++ b/importing.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 Notice that we're loading the driver anonymously, aliasing its package qualifier
 to `_` so none of its exported names are visible to our code. Under the hood,
 the driver registers itself as being available to the `database/sql` package,
-but in general nothing else happens.
+but in general nothing else happens with the exception that the init function is run.
 
 Now you're ready to access a database.