diff --git a/processing.html.markdown b/processing.html.markdown
index cf2dd77d..d0952e96 100644
--- a/processing.html.markdown
+++ b/processing.html.markdown
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ int i = 3;
 String value = (i > 5) ? "Big" : "Small"; // "Small"
 
 // Switch-case structure can be used to check multiple conditions concisely.
+// It is important to use the break statement. If the `break`-statement does 
+// not exist the program executes all the following cases after a case was true.
 int value = 2;
 switch(value) {
   case 0: