diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 7634ec4f8b..46f35ee164 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-03-04  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
+
+	* remote.c (putpkt_binary): Document that case stmt falls through.
+
 2011-03-04  Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
 
 	* breakpointc (print_it_typical): Move NULL check from here...
diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index c55db1a996..8c4176c93e 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -6848,6 +6848,7 @@ putpkt_binary (char *buf, int cnt)
 	    case '-':
 	      if (remote_debug)
 		fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "Nak\n");
+	      /* FALLTHROUGH */
 	    case SERIAL_TIMEOUT:
 	      tcount++;
 	      if (tcount > 3)