Add Comment to generated xml document
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <message>You can insert comments in your output.</message> File: Transform.xslt <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:comment>comment & msg element</xsl:comment> <msg> <xsl:apply-templates /> </msg> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--comment & msg element--><msg>You can insert comments in your output.</msg>