diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index b181e979ce3..1db027f1d68 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.19 1995/07/13 09:15:50 rgrimes Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.20 1995/09/15 01:03:55 ache Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # One, and probably the most common, use could be:
 #
-#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe
+#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
 #
 # Another useful entry is
 #
diff --git a/etc/make.conf b/etc/make.conf
index b181e979ce3..1db027f1d68 100644
--- a/etc/make.conf
+++ b/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.19 1995/07/13 09:15:50 rgrimes Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.20 1995/09/15 01:03:55 ache Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # One, and probably the most common, use could be:
 #
-#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe
+#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
 #
 # Another useful entry is
 #
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index b181e979ce3..1db027f1d68 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.19 1995/07/13 09:15:50 rgrimes Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.20 1995/09/15 01:03:55 ache Exp $
 #
 # This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
 # It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # One, and probably the most common, use could be:
 #
-#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe
+#CFLAGS= -O2 -m486 -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
 #
 # Another useful entry is
 #