diff --git a/packages/splitview/src/footnote.ts b/packages/splitview/src/footnote.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416332fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/splitview/src/footnote.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK = 'DOCKVIEW_WATERMARK_SUPPRESSED';
+
+const isSuppressed = !!(window as any)[DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK];
+
+if (!isSuppressed) {
+    console.log(
+        [
+            'dockview: https://github.com/mathuo/dockview for examples and documentation',
+            'dockview: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dockview',
+            `dockview: To suppress this message set window.${DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK}=1 before importing the dockview package`,
+            '',
+        ].join('\n')
+    );
+}
diff --git a/packages/splitview/src/index.ts b/packages/splitview/src/index.ts
index 9f772bb53..3228fb057 100644
--- a/packages/splitview/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/splitview/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import './footnote';
+
 export * from './splitview/core/splitview';
 export * from './splitview/splitviewComponent';
 export * from './paneview/paneview';