diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h b/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
index 54fc00dd84c..3b452573fc0 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ public:
   unsigned getAlignment() const { return Alignment; }
 
   /// getCopyCost - Return the cost of copying a value between two registers in
-  /// this class.
+  /// this class. -1 means the register class is very expensive to copy e.g.
+  /// status flag register classes.
   int getCopyCost() const { return CopyCost; }
 };