diff --git a/R/revealjs_presentation.R b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
index f641284..75d6c23 100644
--- a/R/revealjs_presentation.R
+++ b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 #' Content of speaker notes
 #' :::
 #' ```
-#' to create notes only viewable in presentation mode.
+#' to create notes only viewable in presentation mode. Notes placed before
+#' the first heading are attached to the title slide.
 #' 
 #' On mobile browsers (touch devices), a button next to the fullscreen
 #' toggle overlays the current slide with its speaker notes (plus the slide
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@
 #' 
 #' This means Marc Kupietz will need 30 seconds for that slide. For talks
 #' presented by a single speaker, the speaker code can be omitted:
-#' `<!-- 00:30 -->`.
+#' `<!-- 00:30 -->`. Comments placed before the first heading are applied to
+#' the title slide.
 #' 
 #' Typically you start from a known total time budget and adjust the
 #' individual slides to it. You can set this budget yourself with the
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@
   # timer of the notes plugin) and reporting per-speaker totals
   post_processor <- function(metadata, input_file, output_file, clean, verbose) {
     lines <- readLines(output_file, warn = FALSE, encoding = "UTF-8")
+    lines <- merge_title_slide_notes(lines)
     result <- apply_timing_attributes(lines)
     comments <- attr(result, "comments")
     if (nrow(comments) > 0) {