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diff --git a/configure.local.example b/configure.local.example
index 4a456aad..bfb2e3fd 100644
--- a/configure.local.example
+++ b/configure.local.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: configure.local.example,v 1.36 2019/03/06 10:18:58 schwarze Exp $
+# $Id: configure.local.example,v 1.37 2020/02/05 15:12:11 schwarze Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 2014-2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
#
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
# --- user settings relevant for all builds ----------------------------
+# By default, "cc" is used as the C compiler, but it can be overridden.
+# For example, the system compiler in SunOS 5.9 may not provide <stdint.h>,
+# which may require this line:
+CC=gcc
+
+# IBM AIX may need:
+CC=xlc
+
# For -Tutf8 and -Tlocale operation, mandoc(1) requires <locale.h>
# providing setlocale(3) and <wchar.h> providing wcwidth(3) and
# putwchar(3) with a wchar_t storing UCS-4 values. Theoretically,
@@ -268,21 +276,6 @@ BINM_CATMAN=mcatman # default is "catman"
# Do not set these variables unless you really need to.
-# You can manually override the compiler to be used.
-# But that's rarely useful because ./configure asks your make(1)
-# which compiler to use, and that answer will hardly be wrong.
-
-CC=cc
-
-# Because the system compiler may not provide <stdint.h>,
-# SunOS 5.9 may need:
-
-CC=gcc
-
-# IBM AIX may need:
-
-CC=xlc
-
# Normally, leave CFLAGS unset. In that case, -g will automatically
# be used, and various -W options will be added if the compiler
# supports them. If you define CFLAGS manually, it will be used