diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f348b2513..089989c624 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ DATE := $(shell date +%Y%m%d)
 # Need to export it, so it can be got from environment in children (eg. mconf)
 export BR2_VERSION_FULL := $(BR2_VERSION)$(shell $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/setlocalversion)
 
+# List of targets and target patterns for which .config doesn't need to be read in
 noconfig_targets := menuconfig nconfig gconfig xconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
 	defconfig %_defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig silentoldconfig release \
 	randpackageconfig allyespackageconfig allnopackageconfig \