diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index c0f55f3b4..c4468d8c3 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/string/memset.c (memset): Fix comment.
+
 2002-11-26  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/string/memset.c (memset): Move initialization of 'd' earlier in
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
index 6f98cac62..ac3590ea4 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
@@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ _DEFUN (memset, (m, c, n),
   int i;
   unsigned long buffer;
   unsigned long *aligned_addr;
-  unsigned int d = c & 0xff;
+  unsigned int d = c & 0xff;	/* To avoid sign extension, copy C to an
+				   unsigned variable.  */
 
   if (!TOO_SMALL (n) && !UNALIGNED (m))
     {
       /* If we get this far, we know that n is large and m is word-aligned. */
-
-      /* To avoid sign extention, copy C to an unsigned variable.  */
-
       aligned_addr = (unsigned long*)m;
 
       /* Store D into each char sized location in BUFFER so that