1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/bfd.c b/bfd/bfd.c
index ed89e664cc..1ffd7d05b1 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd.c
+++ b/bfd/bfd.c
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .  {* Used for input and output.  *}
 .  unsigned int symcount;
 .
-.  {* Symbol table for output BFD (with symcount entries).  *}
+.  {* Symbol table for output BFD (with symcount entries).
+.     Also used by the linker to cache input BFD symbols.  *}
 .  struct bfd_symbol  **outsymbols;
 .
 .  {* Used for slurped dynamic symbol tables.  *}