diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h b/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
index e139463d9a0e..22b53e369f59 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@
 #define __S110	_PAGE_S(0)
 #define __S111	_PAGE_S(0)
 
+/*
+ * pgprot_noncached() is only for infiniband pci support, and a real
+ * implementation for RAM would be more complicated.
+ */
 #define pgprot_noncached(prot)	(prot)
 
 /*