diff --git a/_posts/2015-10-23-printing-to-screen.md b/_posts/2015-10-23-printing-to-screen.md
index f0791d94..53ec89e0 100644
--- a/_posts/2015-10-23-printing-to-screen.md
+++ b/_posts/2015-10-23-printing-to-screen.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ All of the code below goes into our new module (unless specified otherwise).
 First, we represent the different colors using an enum:
 
 ```rust
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub enum Color {
     Black      = 0,
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ We use a [C-like enum] here to explicitly specify the number for each color. Bec
 
 [C-like enum]: http://rustbyexample.com/custom_types/enum/c_like.html
 
+Normally the compiler would issue a warning for each unused variant. By using the `#[allow(dead_code)]` attribute we disable these warnings for the `Color` enum.
+
 To represent a full color code that specifies foreground and background color, we create a [newtype] on top of `u8`:
 
 [newtype]: https://aturon.github.io/features/types/newtype.html