diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5500c15cd8..882262d739 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-06  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
+
+	* symtab.c (basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal): Add comment.
+
 2014-11-06  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
 
 	* symtab.c (lookup_local_symbol): Renamed from lookup_symbol_aux_local.
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 6f483bf3d1..e2a1e56f66 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -1792,6 +1792,10 @@ basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal (const char *name,
      than that one, so I don't think we should worry about that for
      now.  */
 
+  /* NOTE: dje/2014-10-26: The lookup in all objfiles search could skip
+     the current objfile.  Searching the current objfile first is useful
+     for both matching user expectations as well as performance.  */
+
   sym = lookup_symbol_in_static_block (name, block, domain);
   if (sym != NULL)
     return sym;