diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c
index bab5735a6a..d9670d638e 100644
--- a/gdb/elfread.c
+++ b/gdb/elfread.c
@@ -279,7 +279,12 @@ elf_symtab_read (abfd, addr, objfile)
 		      ms_type = mst_text;
 		    }
 		  else if (sym->name[0] == '.' && sym->name[1] == 'L')
-		    /* Looks like a compiler-generated label.  Skip it.  */
+		    /* Looks like a compiler-generated label.  Skip it.
+		       The assembler should be skipping these (to keep
+		       executables small), but apparently with gcc on the
+		       delta m88k SVR4, it loses.  So to have us check too
+		       should be harmless (but I encourage people to fix this
+		       in the assembler instead of adding checks here).  */
 		    continue;
 		  else
 		    {