diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index cc3937081..a6c9caa20 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-10-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (win32_device_name): Fix comment.
+
 2003-10-23  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::ioctl): Properly set return
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 4dae40c64..318986a7e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -892,8 +892,9 @@ digits (const char *name)
   return p > name && !*p ? n : -1;
 }
 
-/* Return TRUE if src_path is a Win32 device name, filling out the device
-   name in win32_path */
+/* Return TRUE if src_path is a valid, internally supported device name.
+   In that case, win32_path gets the corresponding NT device name and
+   dev is appropriately filled with device information. */
 
 static bool
 win32_device_name (const char *src_path, char *win32_path, device& dev)