diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index cf37d5668..eac47171e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-02-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* cygthread.cc (cygthread::release): Add a comment.
+
 2006-02-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_netdrive.cc (fhandler_netdrive::fstat): Create unambiguous
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
index 09eabed54..ee94e98bc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ cygthread::release (bool nuke_h)
 #endif
   __name = NULL;
   func = NULL;
+  /* Must be last */
   if (!InterlockedExchange (&inuse, 0))
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     api_fatal ("released a thread that was not inuse");