diff --git a/aspnetcore/performance/timeouts/samples/8.x/stub.txt b/aspnetcore/performance/timeouts/samples/8.x/stub.txt
index e69de29bb2..821ce1648e 100644
--- a/aspnetcore/performance/timeouts/samples/8.x/stub.txt
+++ b/aspnetcore/performance/timeouts/samples/8.x/stub.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Put sample code in this folder and delete this stub.txt file.