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diff --git a/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp b/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
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--- a/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file implements routines for folding instructions into simpler forms
-// that do not require creating new instructions. For example, this does
-// constant folding, and can handle identities like (X&0)->0.
+// that do not require creating new instructions. This does constant folding
+// ("add i32 1, 1" -> "2") but can also handle non-constant operands, either
+// returning a constant ("and i32 %x, 0" -> "0") or an already existing value
+// ("and i32 %x, %x" -> "%x").
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//