-dnl (if libname is the empty string then don't try to link against
-dnl any particular library). If action-if-true is unspecified it
-dnl defaults to adding "-llibname" to the beginning of LIBS.
-dnl If other-libraries is specified then these are prepended to
-dnl LIBS for the duration of the check.
-dnl NB that the checks for the right dbm header files must
-dnl be done before using this macro!
-dnl
+dnl and with the specified include file (if libname is the empty
+dnl string then don't try to link against any particular library).
+
+dnl We set nmh_ndbm_found to 'yes' or 'no'; if found we set
+dnl nmh_ndbmheader to the first arg and nmh_ndbm to the second.
+
+dnl If this macro accepted a list of include,library tuples
+dnl to test in order that would be cleaner than the current
+dnl nest of calls in configure.in.
+