diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 77e95c55508ad9cb1c7c9b88cfaacd1bf7cf0257..34da873b68c103a96338dde9d6628c325ee8c9bf 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
  */
 
 #include "curlver.h"         /* libcurl version defines   */
-/* The leading path on the following include statement is required by the
-   autobuild system (tests/testcurl.pl) because curlbuild.h is not generated
-   in the same directory as curl.h in this special case. As long as the
-   autobuild system works that way, do not remove it, unless you know what
-   you're doing. */
+/* The leading path on the following include statement is required to properly
+   allow building outside of the source tree, because then curlbuild.h is not
+   generated in the same directory as curl.h. Do not remove it, unless you
+   know what you're doing. */
 #include "curl/curlbuild.h"  /* libcurl build definitions */
 #include "curlrules.h"       /* libcurl rules enforcement */