diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 646868762cb..b5e0f2822e0 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-03-23  Sebastian Huber  <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_tls_setup): Mention .tdata in comment.
+
 2020-03-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* ecoff.c (_bfd_ecoff_slurp_armap): Sanity check parsed_size and
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 589550e11d2..7c0849423a3 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -3323,8 +3323,8 @@ _bfd_elf_tls_setup (bfd *obfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
   elf_hash_table (info)->tls_sec = tls;
 
-  /* Ensure the alignment of the first section is the largest alignment,
-     so that the tls segment starts aligned.  */
+  /* Ensure the alignment of the first section (usually .tdata) is the largest
+     alignment, so that the tls segment starts aligned.  */
   if (tls != NULL)
     tls->alignment_power = align;