diff --git a/src/sfnt/ttpost.c b/src/sfnt/ttpost.c
index cc02c6d55..03fd3d663 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/ttpost.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/ttpost.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
         FT_UInt  len = strings[p];
 
 
+        /* accept but report names longer than the AGL max */
         FT_TRACE4(( len < 40U ? "" 
                               : "load_format_20: %u-byte name found\n",
                                 len ));