diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 82fc1d366..d940017fe 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-07-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (exception::myfault_handle): Rephrase comment.
+
 2014-07-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* exceptions.cc (exception::myfault_handle): Fix typo in comment.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index 60cef57ab..0e8a977d4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -564,7 +564,10 @@ exception::myfault_handle (LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS ep)
 	case STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION:
 	case STATUS_DATATYPE_MISALIGNMENT:
 #if 0
-	/* Short-circuiting STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW disables stack commits. */
+	/* PAGE_GUARD-based stack commits are based on structured exception
+	   handling.  Short-circuiting STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW in a vectored
+	   exception handler disables that, which can ultimately result in
+	   a spurious SEGV. */
 	case STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW:
 #endif
 	case STATUS_ARRAY_BOUNDS_EXCEEDED: