diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 876907b9df..2d9b75a021 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -534,9 +534,7 @@ void warning_errno(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 /*
  * Let callers be aware of the constant return value; this can help
  * gcc with -Wuninitialized analysis. We restrict this trick to gcc, though,
- * because some compilers may not support variadic macros. Since we're only
- * trying to help gcc, anyway, it's OK; other compilers will fall back to
- * using the function as usual.
+ * because other compilers may be confused by this.
  */
 #if defined(__GNUC__)
 static inline int const_error(void)