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diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
index 76b7281594..1a36d26e15 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
  * instruction clobbers %esp, the user's %esp won't even survive entry
  * into the kernel. We store %esp in %ebp. Code in entry.S must fetch
  * arg6 from the stack.
+ *
+ * You can not use this vsyscall for the clone() syscall because the
+ * three dwords on the parent stack do not get copied to the child.
  */
 	.text
 	.globl __kernel_vsyscall
@@ -39,10 +42,10 @@ __kernel_vsyscall:
 	/* 7: align return point with nop's to make disassembly easier */
 	.space 7,0x90
 
-	/* 14: System call restart point is here! (SYSENTER_RETURN - 2) */
+	/* 14: System call restart point is here! (SYSENTER_RETURN-2) */
 	jmp .Lenter_kernel
 	/* 16: System call normal return point is here! */
-	.globl SYSENTER_RETURN	/* Symbol used by entry.S.  */
+	.globl SYSENTER_RETURN	/* Symbol used by sysenter.c  */
 SYSENTER_RETURN:
 	pop %ebp
 .Lpop_ebp: