-# For the Makefile.ams in other directories it is the maintainer's
-# responsibility; for the one from gnulib we do it here.
-# This option has no effect when the user disables NLS (because then the intl
-# directory contains no libintl.h file) or when the project does not use
-# "gettextize --intl".
-AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_builddir)/intl
+# Here's one way to do this:
+#AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_builddir)/intl
+# This option has no effect when the user disables NLS (because then
+# the intl directory contains no libintl.h file). This option is not
+# enabled by default because the intl directory might not exist if
+# your project does not use "gettext --intl", and some compilers
+# complain about -I options applied to nonexistent directories.