diff --git a/lang/gcc28/files/patch-22 b/lang/gcc28/files/patch-22
index 0c54061212f2..4f9ae9c2c719 100644
--- a/lang/gcc28/files/patch-22
+++ b/lang/gcc28/files/patch-22
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     one less case to deal with in the following.  */
 -#if defined (__BSD_NET2__) || defined (____386BSD____) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 +#if defined (__BSD_NET2__) || defined (____386BSD____) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-+#define __NO_GNUC_VA_LIST
++#define __NO_GNUC_VA_LIST	/* <machine/ansi.h> defines __gnuc_va_list */
  #include <machine/ansi.h>
  #endif
  
diff --git a/lang/gcc295/files/patch-ap b/lang/gcc295/files/patch-ap
index fb6d530be04d..8c353dd6420f 100644
--- a/lang/gcc295/files/patch-ap
+++ b/lang/gcc295/files/patch-ap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  /* On 4.3bsd-net2, make sure ansi.h is included, so we have
     one less case to deal with in the following.  */
  #if defined (__BSD_NET2__) || defined (____386BSD____) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
-+#define __NO_GNUC_VA_LIST
++#define __NO_GNUC_VA_LIST	/* <machine/ansi.h> defines __gnuc_va_list */
  #include <machine/ansi.h>
  #endif