diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 20c4b4c5adb..632ed878e84 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-08-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf_decode_lines_1): Add comment.
+
 2014-08-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf_decode_lines_1): Delete local "column", unused.
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 756d65baf29..6bc57939a84 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -17298,6 +17298,8 @@ dwarf_decode_lines_1 (struct line_header *lh, const char *comp_dir,
 				   "[in module %s]"),
 				 line_offset, objfile_name (objfile));
 		      p_record_line = noop_record_line;
+		      /* Note: p_record_line is left as noop_record_line
+			 until we see DW_LNE_end_sequence.  */
 		    }
 
 		  op_index = 0;