diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index a1ec0bd7f7b..7bbe4e199ef 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS=@LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS@
 ## Flags to pass to ld only for temacs.
 TEMACS_LDFLAGS = $(LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM) $(LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS)
 
-## If available, the names of the paxctl and setfattr programs.
+## If needed, the names of the paxctl and setfattr programs.
 ## On grsecurity/PaX systems, unexec will fail due to a gap between
 ## the bss section and the heap.  Older versions need paxctl to work
 ## around this, newer ones setfattr.  See Bug#11398 and Bug#16343.