diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 1e7ac86be0..0bc0466b93 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-01-08  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_start_cmd): Move comment outside of gdb_expect
+	call, to avoid interruption.
+
 2010-01-08  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.stabs/weird.def (args93): New.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 4658c8d851..fcaaf3cd8b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ proc gdb_start_cmd {args} {
     }
 
     send_gdb "start $args\n"
+    # Use -notransfer here so that test cases (like chng-sym.exp)
+    # may test for additional start-up messages.
     gdb_expect 60 {
 	-re "The program .* has been started already.*y or n. $" {
 	    send_gdb "y\n"
 	    exp_continue
 	}
-	# Use -notransfer here so that test cases (like chng-sym.exp)
-	# may test for additional start-up messages.
 	-notransfer -re "Starting program: \[^\r\n\]*" {
 	    return 0
 	}