diff --git a/src/comp.c b/src/comp.c
index bc1adcf4e2f..1381d982aa3 100644
--- a/src/comp.c
+++ b/src/comp.c
@@ -5525,9 +5525,9 @@ protect the trampolines against GC.  */);
   Vcomp_installed_trampolines_h = CALLN (Fmake_hash_table);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("comp-no-native-file-h", V_comp_no_native_file_h,
-	       doc: /* Files for which no deferred compilation has to
-be performed because the bytecode version was explicitly requested by
-the user during load.
+	       doc: /* Files for which no deferred compilation has to be performed.
+These files' compilation should not be deferred because the bytecode
+version was explicitly requested by the user during load.
 For internal use.  */);
   V_comp_no_native_file_h = CALLN (Fmake_hash_table, QCtest, Qequal);