diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 49ee57c77e2e71bec15d6ed01a3095c4de91af8f..97eedac506a0c9ff1ff039f49385021d060eeb68 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.571 2009/02/18 15:58:41 heikki Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.572 2009/02/19 16:43:13 heikki Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -2652,7 +2652,8 @@ PostmasterStateMachine(void)
 	if (pmState == PM_RECOVERY && RecoveryStatus >= RecoveryConsistent)
 	{
 		/*
-		 * Go to shutdown mode if a shutdown request was pending.
+		 * Recovery has reached a consistent recovery point. Go to shutdown
+		 * mode if a shutdown request was pending.
 		 */
 		if (Shutdown > NoShutdown)
 		{
@@ -2661,10 +2662,6 @@ PostmasterStateMachine(void)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			/*
-			 * Startup process has entered recovery. We consider that good
-			 * enough to reset FatalError.
-			 */
 			pmState = PM_RECOVERY_CONSISTENT;
 
 			/*