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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61e678b..52f35d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ buildworld: upgrade_checks
# files with chflags set, so this unsets them and tries the 'rm' a
# second time. There are situations where this target will be cleaning
# some directories via more than one method, but that duplication is
-# needed to correctly handle all the possible situations.
+# needed to correctly handle all the possible situations. Removing all
+# files without the immutable flag set in the first 'rm' instance saves
+# time, because 'chflags' will need to operate on fewer files (with the
+# immutable flag set) afterwards.
#
BW_CANONICALOBJDIR:=${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
cleanworld:
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