diff --git a/docs/source/cpp/acero/async.md b/docs/source/cpp/acero/async.md
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--- a/docs/source/cpp/acero/async.md
+++ b/docs/source/cpp/acero/async.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
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+<!--
+This is the source for the async.svg diagram used in developer_guide.rst
+-->
 sequenceDiagram
     %% This is the source diagram for async.svg
     %% included here for future doc maintainers