diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b3d4e09..83a87349 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  well as curses, consolidate the warning and error messages
 	  dealing with UTF-8 support as much as possible, and add a few
 	  minor consistency fixes.
+	- Mention explicitly that the check for the broken regexec() is
+	  needed for glibc 2.2.3. (DLR)
 - nanorc.sample:
 	- Fix the description for the whitespace option to mention that
 	  only single-column characters are allowed. (DLR)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 81ecb4a6..6bc08af5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h getopt.h libintl.h limits.h regex.h termios.h wchar.h wctype.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(regex.h,
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for broken regexec])
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for broken regexec from glibc 2.2.3])
     AC_TRY_RUN([
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <regex.h>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int main(void)
 }],
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no),
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	AC_DEFINE(BROKEN_REGEXEC, 1, [Define this if your regexec() function segfaults when passed an empty string under certain conditions.]),
+	AC_DEFINE(BROKEN_REGEXEC, 1, [Define this if your regexec() function segfaults when passed an empty string under certain conditions, as the one from glibc 2.2.3 does.]),
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([cross-compiling; assuming no])))
 
 dnl Checks for options.