diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 87a5aae7ccb..4fd0995f60e 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-28  Eric Christopher  <echristo@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/mips/crtn.asm: Add comment explaining 16 byte alignment.
+	config/mips/crti.asm: Ditto.
+
 2001-08-28  Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
 	    Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/crti.asm b/gcc/config/mips/crti.asm
index 0b08529c6bf..6452d1e4b28 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/crti.asm
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/crti.asm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 4 slots for argument spill area.  1 for cpreturn, 1 for stack.
-   Return spill offset of 40 and 20.  */
+   Return spill offset of 40 and 20.  Aligned to 16 bytes for n32.  */
 
 	.section .init,"ax",@progbits
 	.globl	_init
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/crtn.asm b/gcc/config/mips/crtn.asm
index be38a868746..4fdd60ab16d 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/crtn.asm
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/crtn.asm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 4 slots for argument spill area.  1 for cpreturn, 1 for stack.
-   Return spill offset of 40 and 20.  */
+   Return spill offset of 40 and 20.  Aligned to 16 bytes for n32.  */
 
 	.section .init,"ax",@progbits
 #ifdef __mips64