diff --git a/config/acx_pthread.m4 b/config/acx_pthread.m4
index 254a383a9b..8b3915865e 100644
--- a/config/acx_pthread.m4
+++ b/config/acx_pthread.m4
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
         LIBS="$save_LIBS"
         CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
 
+# Not a common AIX compiler so we don't support it and adding a specific
+# compiler usage for every thread compile is ugly
+# AIX threading requires gcc
         # More AIX lossage: must compile with cc_r
         AC_CHECK_PROG(PTHREAD_CC, cc_r, cc_r, ${CC})
 else
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c043f06ba..4c99f9002c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14236,6 +14236,9 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}${flag}" >&6
         LIBS="$save_LIBS"
         CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
 
+# Not a common AIX compiler so we don't support it and adding a specific
+# compiler usage for every thread compile is ugly
+# AIX threading requires gcc
         # More AIX lossage: must compile with cc_r
         # Extract the first word of "cc_r", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy cc_r; ac_word=$2