diff --git a/git-rebase--am.sh b/git-rebase--am.sh
index 9ae898bc1d..375239341f 100644
--- a/git-rebase--am.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--am.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
 # to the function that dot-sourced us.
 #
-# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
-# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
+# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
+# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
 # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
 # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
 git_rebase__am () {
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 6e96abcc3c..05f22e43cc 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ check_todo_list () {
 # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
 # to the function that dot-sourced us.
 #
-# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
-# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
+# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
+# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
 # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
 # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
 git_rebase__interactive () {
diff --git a/git-rebase--merge.sh b/git-rebase--merge.sh
index 8d43db9069..06a4723d4d 100644
--- a/git-rebase--merge.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--merge.sh
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ finish_rb_merge () {
 # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
 # to the function that dot-sourced us.
 #
-# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
-# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
+# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
+# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
 # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
 # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
 git_rebase__merge () {