diff --git a/src/Makefile.shlib b/src/Makefile.shlib
index de93f416393360a173c6584b7fbfd6ce4915d302..f64eb4d9c5287909722d77afc7493e727923ec0d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@
 # clean-lib             delete the static and shared libraries from the build dir
 # maintainer-clean-lib  delete .def files built for win32
 #
-# Since `all-lib' is the first rule in this file you probably want to
-# have the `all' target before including this file. In the most simple
-# case it would look like this:
+# Typically you would add `all-lib' to the `all' target so that `make all'
+# builds the libraries.  In the most simple case it would look like this:
 #
 #     all: all-lib
 #