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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd0818e..36e3a75 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([pubconf], [
## configure is currently running by using the --host=foo flag.
## For machines on which HDF5 is often configured, it can be convenient
## to specify the name of the machine rather than its canonical type.
+##
+## There are currently no hosts, but if there were they would be
+## listed by hostname and the alias would point to a file in
+## the config directory:
+##
+##case $host_alias in
+## <some host>)
+## host_alias=<config file in config directory>
+## ;;
+##esac
+
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
AC_SUBST([CPPFLAGS])
@@ -1488,7 +1499,7 @@ fi
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
## Check for MONOTONIC_TIMER support (used in clock_gettime). This has
-## to be done after any POSIX/BSD defines to ensure that the test gets
+## to be done after any POSIX defines to ensure that the test gets
## the correct POSIX level on linux.
AC_CHECK_DECL([CLOCK_MONOTONIC],[have_clock_monotonic="yes"],[have_clock_monotonic="no"],[[#include <time.h>]])