diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 98accc3aba7f5749ab90d9f2c87c60ba581d3a6e..e3e10c17036cb3790856d484dfc2b2ea98375990 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -24,8 +24,23 @@
 	<body>
 		<div class="reveal">
 			<div class="slides">
-				<section>Slide 1</section>
-				<section>Slide 2</section>
+				<section data-timing="6">
+					Slide 1
+
+					<aside>
+						these are not notes
+					</aside>
+					<aside class="notes">
+						these are notes for the first slide
+					</aside>
+				</section>
+				<section>
+					Slide 2
+
+					<aside class="notes">
+						these are the nodes for the second slide
+					</aside>
+				</section>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
@@ -42,7 +57,9 @@
 					{ src: 'plugin/markdown/markdown.js' },
 					{ src: 'plugin/notes/notes.js', async: true },
 					{ src: 'plugin/highlight/highlight.js', async: true, callback: function() { hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad(); } }
-				]
+				],
+				controlsTutorial: false,
+				defaultTiming: 3
 			});
 		</script>
 	</body>
diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index 9a1422fb74aec644043e5f2aa8d417e12463e48e..12d67bf1bf3f2b163546af5cb5d4d5e5205c00ed 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -5269,6 +5269,8 @@
 		// Returns an Array of all slides
 		getSlides: getSlides,
 
+		// Returns an Array of objects representing the attributes on
+		// the slides
 		getSlidesMetaInfo: getSlidesMetaInfo,
 
 		// Returns the total number of slides