diff --git a/pcl/pclload.lisp b/pcl/pclload.lisp
index 6a6ba3a3688dd3e4316c46177d4046f2311650de..7156bb9e9dd1fe6f5fbc01c03fc4b9626a3eea2c 100644
--- a/pcl/pclload.lisp
+++ b/pcl/pclload.lisp
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 (use-package "PCL" "USER")
 
 ;; hack, hack...
-#+nil
+;; It seems that the first time we do this call, it spuriously says no matching
+;; methods, but subsequent calls work.
 (ignore-errors
  (with-output-to-string (*standard-output*)
    (describe #'print-object)))