diff --git a/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def b/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def
index 64a479a19d9452d301c502677d8593f3db16a5fa..213374a04f808d241d8fd538f1eb85ff9b73de43 100644
--- a/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def
+++ b/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ fix = {
     "#ifdef __STDC__\n"
     "static int\tstat(const char *__f, struct stat *__p) {\n"
     "\treturn __stat32(__f, __p);\n"
-    "}\n\n#  else /* !__STDC__ */\n"
+    "}\n\n#  else /* !__STDC__ THIS FAILS ON BSD SYSTEMS */\n"
 
     "static int\tstat(__f, __p)\n"
     "\tchar *__f;\n"
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ fix = {
     test_text =
     "@(#)stat.h      6.1     (ULTRIX)\n"
     "#define S_IFPORT S_IFIFO\n"
-    "\tfstat(),\n";
+    "\tfstat(),\n/* THE INSERTION LINE FAILS ON BSD SYSTEMS */";
 };
 
 
@@ -3321,7 +3321,7 @@ fix = {
     sed      = "s/Widget new,/Widget c_new,/g";
     test_text =
     "struct wedge {\n"
-    "   Widget\told, new; /* fix the new */\n"
+    "   Widget\told, new; /* fixinc check FAILS ON BSD */\n"
     "};\nextern Wedged( Widget new, Widget old );";
 };
 
diff --git a/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/Xm/Traversal.h b/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/Xm/Traversal.h
index 6ca893e3c3aa0cd737ca84a94a2708985429d718..61e6df1164eaf6ea72cbbc0a86abfa3473e4c55f 100644
--- a/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/Xm/Traversal.h
+++ b/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/Xm/Traversal.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct wedge {
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 	Widget	old, c_new;
 #else
-   Widget	old, new; /* fix the new */
+   Widget	old, new; /* fixinc check FAILS ON BSD */
 #endif
 };
 extern Wedged( Widget c_new, Widget old );
diff --git a/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/sys/stat.h b/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/sys/stat.h
index a0da6db01b2f4e07804e2e32ba8254642cfe199d..6893e6bdf27f28c36ce91af2fcaf460c5475d615 100644
--- a/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/sys/stat.h
+++ b/gcc/fixinc/tests/base/sys/stat.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static int	stat(const char *__f, struct stat *__p) {
  }
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-#  else /* !__STDC__ */
+#  else /* !__STDC__ THIS FAILS ON BSD SYSTEMS */
 #if __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int	stat(__f, __p)
 
 	fstat(),
 	lstat(),
-
+/* THE INSERTION LINE FAILS ON BSD SYSTEMS */
 #endif  /* ULTRIX_STAT_CHECK */