---
title: "Remarks & Re-signing"
space: "Frappe Sign Documentation"
url: "http://buff0k.co.za/frappe-sign-docs/remarks-and-re-signing"
updated: "2026-11-01"
---

A **remark** is a note that a signer pins to a spot on the document while the request is still open, for example "Please confirm that clause 2 refers to a monthly review". Remarks are visible to everyone on the request, and are recorded in the request's audit trail.

![An external signer pinning a remark to clause 2 of the agreement](/files/docs-fsign-remark-added.webm)

## Turning remarks on or off

Each request has an **Allow Remarks** checkbox in its **Remarks** section, on by default. Turn it off before sending if signers should not be able to add remarks to that document.

## Adding a remark (signers)

Only rows with the **Signer** role can add remarks, and only while the request is open.

1. On the signing page, click **Add Remark**. The button highlights while you are placing a remark.
2. Click the spot on the document the remark is about.
3. Type the remark and click **Save Remark**.

![Typing a remark after clicking the spot it refers to](/files/docs-fsign-portal-remark-dialog.png)

The remark appears as a **!** pin on the page, with the author's name and text, for every signer who opens the document.

## What a remark does to signatures already given

A remark means the document others signed has changed. So when a remark is added:

- every Signer who has **already signed** is set to **Needs Re-Sign** and emailed "Please re-sign: …" with the remark text;
- the request's status becomes **Changes Added**;
- in a sequential request, signing rewinds to the earliest signer who must re-sign, so later signers (including the one who added the remark) wait until the earlier signers have signed again.

Signers who have not signed yet are not affected; they simply see the new remark when they open the document.

On the request, the managers and sender can see the remarks in the **Remarks** table and the status changes in the activity log:

![The Remarks table on the request, and the activity showing "Changes Added" and "Needs Re-Sign"](/files/docs-fsign-request-remarks-table.png)

Every remark is also recorded as a **Remark Added** event, which appears in the audit certificate. Remarks are not stamped onto the signed PDF itself.

## Re-signing

A signer marked **Needs Re-Sign** signs again exactly as before:

- from the **Please re-sign** email link (the original signing link keeps working), or
- from the **Sign Document** page in Desk and the **Documents To Sign** portal page, where the request is listed again.

The remark is shown as a pin on the document so they can see what changed:

![A signer re-opening the document after a remark: the remark pin (!) is visible and they can sign again](/files/docs-fsign-portal-resign.png)

Once every signer who had to re-sign has done so, the request returns to **Partially Signed** and signing carries on in order. When the last signer finishes, the request completes as normal.

## Stopping a request in Changes Added

If the remark means the document itself has to change, cancel the request with **Frappe Sign → Cancel Request**, which is available in **Changes Added** too, then correct the document and send a new request. See **[Cancelling a Request](/frappe-sign-docs/cancelling-a-request)**.