diff --git a/docs/tutorial/tut01.rst b/docs/tutorial/tut01.rst
index d6aa604..3d6f9eb 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/tut01.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial/tut01.rst
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ To do this, it needs to know what data-flow you want to achieve, and you'll use
     The `if __name__ == '__main__':` section is not required, unless you want to run it directly using the python
     interpreter.
 
+    The name of the `graph` variable is arbitrary, but this variable must be global and available unconditionally.
+    Do not put it in its own function or in the `if __name__ == '__main__':` section.
+
 
 Execute the job
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