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diff --git a/nis/rpcsvc/yp.x b/nis/rpcsvc/yp.x
index 6be27820b3..b1b25658eb 100644
--- a/nis/rpcsvc/yp.x
+++ b/nis/rpcsvc/yp.x
@@ -114,8 +114,18 @@ struct ypresp_val {
 
 struct ypresp_key_val {
 	ypstat stat;
+#ifdef STUPID_SUN_BUG
+	/* This is the form as distributed by Sun.  But even the Sun NIS
+	   servers expect the values in the other order.  So their
+	   implementation somehow must change the order internally.  We
+	   don't want to follow this bad example since the user should be
+	   able to use rpcgen on this file.  */
 	keydat key;
 	valdat val;
+#else
+	valdat val;
+	keydat key;
+#endif
 };
 
 
@@ -267,6 +277,12 @@ program YPPUSH_XFRRESPPROG {
 		YPPUSHPROC_NULL(void) = 0;
 
 #ifdef STUPID_SUN_BUG
+		/* This is the form as distributed by Sun.  But even
+		   the Sun NIS servers expect the values in the other
+		   order.  So their implementation somehow must change
+		   the order internally.  We don't want to follow this
+		   bad example since the user should be able to use
+		   rpcgen on this file.  */
 		yppushresp_xfr
 		YPPUSHPROC_XFRRESP(void) = 1;
 #else