diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index eb1ccb7fff..4811365618 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-02-06  Jason Molenda  (jason-cl@molenda.com)
+
+	* gdb.mi/mi-syn-frame.c (subroutine): Add a comment explaining
+	why the code is written that way.
+
 2003-02-05  Michael Chastain  <mec@shout.net>
 
 	* gdb.base/dump.exp: Add missing copyright line.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-syn-frame.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-syn-frame.c
index a0da3c42b8..580b534271 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-syn-frame.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-syn-frame.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ handler (int sig)
   subroutine (sig);
 }
 
+/* The first statement in subroutine () is a place for a breakpoint.  
+   Without it, the breakpoint is put on the while comparison and will
+   be hit at each iteration. */
+
 void
 subroutine (int in)
 {