diff --git a/src/PGINDENT b/src/PGINDENT
index 868e732246d4a14e0dad6ee988271be1f1e970dc..0493dc054ccd87e82080c6e314ead876eef6ca7e 100644
--- a/src/PGINDENT
+++ b/src/PGINDENT
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# This can format all PostgreSQL *.c and *.h files,
+# excluding libpq++, *.y, and *.l files.
+#
 trap "rm -f /tmp/$$ /tmp/$$a" 0 1 2 3 15
 entab </dev/null >/dev/null
 if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]