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diff --git a/nptl/pthreadP.h b/nptl/pthreadP.h
index 68c690e88e..24a24717fc 100644
--- a/nptl/pthreadP.h
+++ b/nptl/pthreadP.h
@@ -378,7 +378,9 @@ extern int *__libc_pthread_init (unsigned long int *ptr,
const struct pthread_functions *functions)
internal_function;
-/* Variable set to a nonzero value if more than one thread runs or ran. */
+/* Variable set to a nonzero value either if more than one thread runs or ran,
+ or if a single-threaded process is trying to cancel itself. See
+ nptl/descr.h for more context on the single-threaded process case. */
extern int __pthread_multiple_threads attribute_hidden;
/* Pointer to the corresponding variable in libc. */
extern int *__libc_multiple_threads_ptr attribute_hidden;