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diff --git a/libraries/ghc-prim/GHC/CString.hs b/libraries/ghc-prim/GHC/CString.hs
index 680d3c8a39..003bd9af65 100644
--- a/libraries/ghc-prim/GHC/CString.hs
+++ b/libraries/ghc-prim/GHC/CString.hs
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ unpackCStringUtf8# addr
-- See Note [unpackCString# iterating over addr]
!ch = indexCharOffAddr# addr 0#
-
unpackAppendCStringUtf8# :: Addr# -> [Char] -> [Char]
{-# NOINLINE unpackAppendCStringUtf8# #-}
-- See the NOINLINE note on unpackCString#
@@ -288,9 +287,13 @@ cstringLength# = c_strlen
------------------------------
---- UTF8 decoding utilities
+--- UTF-8 decoding utilities
------------------------------
--
+-- This is one of several UTF-8 implementations provided by GHC; see Note
+-- [GHC's many UTF-8 implementations] in "GHC.Encoding.UTF8" for an
+-- overview.
+--
-- These functions make explicit the logic that was originally
-- part of unpackCStringUtf8. Since we want the same support for ascii
-- and non-ascii a variety of functions needs the same logic. Instead