diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h b/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h
index b232ab15624c66498c3cefbba6e375e7271f493f..918953ca45274328dddf1b965d66d6294c2d5d54 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION >= 4006
+/*
+ * The c-family headers were moved into a subdirectory in GCC version
+ * 4.7, but most plugin-building users of GCC 4.6 are using the Debian
+ * or Ubuntu package, which has an out-of-tree patch to move this to the
+ * same location as found in 4.7 and later:
+ * https://sources.debian.net/src/gcc-4.6/4.6.3-14/debian/patches/pr45078.diff/
+ */
 #include "c-family/c-common.h"
 #else
 #include "c-common.h"