diff --git a/expat/README b/expat/README
index 533671d2..3366fbe3 100644
--- a/expat/README
+++ b/expat/README
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Note for Solaris users:  The "ar" command is usually located in
 "/usr/ccs/bin", which is not in the default PATH.  You will need to
 add this to your path for the "make" command, and probably also switch
 to GNU make (the "make" found in /usr/ccs/bin does not seem to work
-properly).  If you're using ksh or bash, use this command to build:
+properly -- appearantly it does not understand .PHONY directives).  If
+you're using ksh or bash, use this command to build:
 
 	PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH make