diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f73c86e91254f99e31fce47e7b6f9841ef8e4e3d..8039120796f63c3ce77402f046f40a6d71df2b5b 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-04-16  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* tree.h (struct tree_common): Remove misleading comment.
+
 2000-04-16  Dave Pitts  <dpitts@cozx.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in ($(srcdir)/c-parse.y: c-parse.in): Enclose the whole
diff --git a/gcc/tree.h b/gcc/tree.h
index 2aa0f88d3cf48d3d57f66581a6086dd9ff0b96bf..f561b309079b013e024d69672b806c05e1ab2413 100644
--- a/gcc/tree.h
+++ b/gcc/tree.h
@@ -119,11 +119,8 @@ typedef union tree_node *tree;
 /* Every kind of tree node starts with this structure,
    so all nodes have these fields.
 
-   See the accessor macros, defined below, for documentation of the fields. 
-
-   DO NOT change the layout of tree_common unless absolutely necessary.  Some
-   front-ends (namely g++) depend on the internal layout of this tructure.
-   See my_tree_cons in the cp subdir for such uglyness.  Ugh.  */
+   See the accessor macros, defined below, for documentation of the
+   fields.   */
 
 struct tree_common
 {