diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 3e2a24e4b4d..aaf05e24069 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-03-23  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	* include/bits/forward_list.h: Slightly tweak two comments.
+
 2012-03-22  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	* doc/Makefile.am: XML output names have only .xml suffix.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/forward_list.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/forward_list.h
index cd75bfc5eef..01020c5e933 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/forward_list.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/forward_list.h
@@ -536,8 +536,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CONTAINER
        *  @param  __al  An allocator object.
        *
        *  Create a %forward_list consisting of copies of the elements
-       *  in the initializer_list @a __il.  This is linear in the number
-       *  of elements of __il.
+       *  in the initializer_list @a __il.  This is linear in __il.size().
        */
       forward_list(std::initializer_list<_Tp> __il,
                    const _Alloc& __al = _Alloc())
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_CONTAINER
        *
        *  Replace the contents of the %forward_list with copies of the
        *  elements in the initializer_list @a __il.  This is linear in
-       *  the number of elements of __il.
+       *  __il.size().
        */
       forward_list&
       operator=(std::initializer_list<_Tp> __il)