diff --git a/tests/extrac09.at b/tests/extrac09.at
index bde656f..bff4508 100644
--- a/tests/extrac09.at
+++ b/tests/extrac09.at
@@ -18,10 +18,20 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# This checks for the --listed-incremental bug reported by J Chapman Flack at
-# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-06/msg00000.html
-
-AT_SETUP([no need to save dir with unreadable . and ..])
+# This attempts to cause xgetcwd() to fail, and then checks to see if
+# such failure causes tar to abort even in a case where the results of 
+# the call aren't actually needed.
+#
+# (xgetcwd() may fail e.g. on Solaris 10 when "." or ".." are unreadable.
+# On most systems xgetcwd() won't fail even in that situation, but
+# on those systems this test will simply succeed without actually testing
+# anything within tar.)
+#
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-07/msg00045.html
+#
+# (See also listed03.at .)
+
+AT_SETUP([extracting even when save dir fails])
 AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac09])
 
 AT_TAR_CHECK([