diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index dab751dd82b5..8236ecf78d0e 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 # Note that optimization settings above -O (-O2, ...) are not recommended
 # or supported for compiling the world or the kernel - please revert any
 # nonstandard optimization settings to "-O" before submitting bug reports
-# to the developers.
+# without patches to the developers.
 # Note also that at this time the -O2 setting is known to produce BROKEN
-# CODE on the Alpha platform.
+# CODE due to bugs in FreeBSD code.
 #
 #CFLAGS= -O -pipe
 #