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diff --git a/reentr.pl b/reentr.pl
index 0622a80aa0..f4d754a15e 100644
--- a/reentr.pl
+++ b/reentr.pl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ print <<EOF;
* License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
*
* !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
- * This file is built by reentrl.pl from data in reentr.pl.
+ * This file is built by reentr.pl from data in reentr.pl.
*/
#ifndef REENTR_H
@@ -751,11 +751,17 @@ print <<EOF;
* License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
*
* !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
- * This file is built by reentrl.pl from data in reentr.pl.
+ * This file is built by reentr.pl from data in reentr.pl.
*
* "Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can
* wield the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!"
*
+ * This file contains a collection of automatically created wrappers
+ * (created by running reentr.pl) for reentrant (thread-safe) versions of
+ * various library calls, such as getpwent_r. The wrapping is done so
+ * that other files like pp_sys.c calling those library functions need not
+ * care about the differences between various platforms' idiosyncrasies
+ * regarding these reentrant interfaces.
*/
#include "EXTERN.h"