-If you haven't changed all of those files, just commit the rest in the
-stated order (e.g. cvs commit acconfig.h config.h.in stamp-h.in).
+The reason for the three-step commit is that configure.in contains the RCS $Id
+keyword, so when you commit it, a new version is written locally. Therefore,
+the autoconf regeneration should be held off until after the commit, or your
+local stamp-h.in will become out-of-sync with the CVS version (granted, not that
+big a deal). For the second step, you're doing the same commands as a
+`make reset' would do, but using that command would require extra configure runs
+to make Makefile be up-to-date.
+
+If you haven't changed all the files noted above, just commit the ones you have
+changed, in the stated order (for instance, configure.in, then configure and
+stamp-h.in).