diff --git a/libgcobol/libgcobol.cc b/libgcobol/libgcobol.cc
index afd5e31c0e8785469c0c8759e21fa3ad81497538..8f98068f11d4051bc1f07ffc3730a7441b69c375 100644
--- a/libgcobol/libgcobol.cc
+++ b/libgcobol/libgcobol.cc
@@ -10745,7 +10745,7 @@ cbl_enabled_exceptions_array_t::match( ec_type_t ec, size_t file ) const {
   return output < ecs + nec? output->enabled : false;
 }
 
-cbl_enabled_exceptions_array_t enabled_ECs;
+static cbl_enabled_exceptions_array_t enabled_ECs;
 
 /*
  * Store and report the enabled exceptions.
diff --git a/libgcobol/valconv.cc b/libgcobol/valconv.cc
index 795cdb810dae00ce78fe22ab3a691915751437cf..b32b1ed63c86f1ebf64fd64dcec7595b1fe6f53f 100644
--- a/libgcobol/valconv.cc
+++ b/libgcobol/valconv.cc
@@ -1371,8 +1371,9 @@ __gg__remove_trailing_zeroes(char *p)
     }
   }
 
-// This is just a convenient place to put this, since it is used in both the
-// run-time and compile-time code
+// This is a convenient place to put this table, since it is used in both the
+// run-time and compile-time code, and this source code module is one of the
+// ones that are copied from ./libgcobol to gcc/cobol as part of the build.
 
 ec_descr_t __gg__exception_table[] = {
   { ec_all_e,                    ec_category_none_e,