diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index c0c7f3fd7a..c7a7667e80 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-13  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
+
+	* python/py-cmd.c (cmdpy_completer): Add comment.
+	(completers): Make const.
+
 2014-05-13  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* infrun.c (resume): Remove should_resume (unused).  Move up
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-cmd.c b/gdb/python/py-cmd.c
index c24bca77e1..524ba5ad52 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-cmd.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-cmd.c
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@
 /* Struct representing built-in completion types.  */
 struct cmdpy_completer
 {
-  /* Python symbol name.  */
+  /* Python symbol name.
+     This isn't a const char * for Python 2.4's sake.
+     PyModule_AddIntConstant only takes a char *, sigh.  */
   char *name;
   /* Completion function.  */
   completer_ftype *completer;
 };
 
-static struct cmdpy_completer completers[] =
+static const struct cmdpy_completer completers[] =
 {
   { "COMPLETE_NONE", noop_completer },
   { "COMPLETE_FILENAME", filename_completer },