diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 2ee102abf..c2fd0944e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-03-29  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (login): Fix comment.
+	(logout): Ditto.
+
 2003-03-29  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* syscalls.cc: Slightly cleanup all utmp functions.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 230028017..9d5c5a832 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -2501,8 +2501,7 @@ login (struct utmp *ut)
 
   pututline (ut);
   endutent ();
-  /* Read/write to utmp must be atomic to prevent overriding data
-     by concurrent processes. */
+  /* Writing to wtmp must be atomic to prevent mixed up data. */
   HANDLE mutex = CreateMutex (NULL, FALSE, shared_name ("wtmp_mutex", 0));
   if (mutex)
     while (WaitForSingleObject (mutex, INFINITE) == WAIT_ABANDONED)
@@ -2540,8 +2539,7 @@ logout (char *line)
       ut_buf.ut_type = DEAD_PROCESS;
       memset (ut_buf.ut_user, 0, sizeof ut_buf.ut_user);
       time (&ut_buf.ut_time);
-      /* Read/write to utmp must be atomic to prevent overriding data
-	 by concurrent processes. */
+      /* Writing to wtmp must be atomic to prevent mixed up data. */
       HANDLE mutex = CreateMutex (NULL, FALSE, shared_name ("wtmp_mutex", 0));
       if (mutex)
 	while (WaitForSingleObject (mutex, INFINITE) == WAIT_ABANDONED)