diff --git a/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h b/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
index 458ecc9b2e..ca4f6e662a 100644
--- a/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
+++ b/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __GNUC__
-# get around a bug in the Sun C compiler
+/* get around a bug in the Sun C compiler */
 #define const
 #endif