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diff --git a/sbr/readconfig.c b/sbr/readconfig.c
index 5900c37..4cf05f1 100644
--- a/sbr/readconfig.c
+++ b/sbr/readconfig.c
@@ -107,18 +107,31 @@ readconfig (struct node **npp, FILE *ib, char *file, int ctx)
     }
 
     if (opp == NULL) {
-	/* Check for duplicated profile entries.  But only on this
-	   very first call from context_read(), when opp is NULL. */
+	/* Check for duplicated non-null profile entries.  Except
+	   allow multiple profile entries named "#", because that's
+	   what the mh-profile man page suggests using for comments.
 
+	   Only do this check on the very first call from
+	   context_read(), when opp is NULL.  That way, entries in
+	   mhn.defaults can be overridden without triggering
+	   warnings.
+
+	   Note that that mhn.defaults, $MHN, $MHBUILD, $MHSHOW, and
+	   $MHSTORE all put their entries into just one list, m_defs,
+	   the same list that the profile uses. */
+
+	struct node *np;
 	for (np = m_defs; np; np = np->n_next) {
 	    /* Yes, this is O(N^2).  The profile should be small enough so
 	       that's not a performance problem. */
-	    struct node *np2;
-	    for (np2 = np->n_next; np2; np2 = np2->n_next) {
-		if (!mh_strcasecmp (np->n_name, np2->n_name)) {
-		    admonish (NULL, "multiple \"%s\" profile components "
-				"in %s, ignoring \"%s\"",
-			      np->n_name, defpath, np2->n_field);
+	    if (strlen (np->n_name) > 0	 &&  strcmp ("#", np->n_name)) {
+		struct node *np2;
+		for (np2 = np->n_next; np2; np2 = np2->n_next) {
+		    if (! mh_strcasecmp (np->n_name, np2->n_name)) {
+			admonish (NULL, "multiple \"%s\" profile components "
+					"in %s, ignoring \"%s\"",
+				  np->n_name, defpath, np2->n_field);
+		    }
 		}
 	    }
 	}