diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index b20003b6d8..927a4b3342 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-12-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Comment tidy.
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
+	* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
+
 2017-12-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* elfxx-x86.c (readonly_dynrelocs): New function.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index bd5cc5c44d..0ea3da857a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -5611,7 +5611,7 @@ ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
   if (info->nocopyreloc)
     return TRUE;
 
-   /* If we didn't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
+   /* If we don't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
       we'll be keeping the dynamic relocs and avoiding the copy reloc.
       We can't do this if there are any small data relocations.  This
       doesn't work on VxWorks, where we can not have dynamic
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index b0fc02037b..68bcaf9d99 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -7233,7 +7233,7 @@ ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
       /* If -z nocopyreloc was given, don't generate them either.  */
       || info->nocopyreloc
 
-      /* If we didn't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
+      /* If we don't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
 	 we'll be keeping the dynamic relocs and avoiding the copy reloc.  */
       || (ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS && !alias_readonly_dynrelocs (h))
 
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index a4ee136456..4767fbbdfb 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -6811,7 +6811,7 @@ elfNN_aarch64_adjust_dynamic_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
   if (ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS)
     {
       struct elf_aarch64_link_hash_entry *eh;
-      /* If we didn't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
+      /* If we don't find any dynamic relocs in read-only sections, then
 	 we'll be keeping the dynamic relocs and avoiding the copy reloc.  */
       eh = (struct elf_aarch64_link_hash_entry *) h;
       if (!need_copy_relocation_p (eh))