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diff --git a/locale/programs/locale.c b/locale/programs/locale.c
index 941290089b..a29a32bc1a 100644
--- a/locale/programs/locale.c
+++ b/locale/programs/locale.c
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ static int do_all;
 /* Print names of all available character maps.  */
 static int do_charmaps = 0;
 
-/* Nonzero if verbose output is wanted.  */
+/* Nonzero if verbose output is wanted.  Note that this definition is
+   file-local in scope, and does not extended to uses of verbose in
+   record-status.h functions like record_verbose.  This means that this
+   verbose will not enable record_verbose messages for uses from locale,
+   but it does for uses from localdef (where verbose is global).  */
 static int verbose;
 
 /* Name and version of program.  */