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diff --git a/runtime/utils.h b/runtime/utils.h
index c1e88a4feb..fe915f2c6b 100644
--- a/runtime/utils.h
+++ b/runtime/utils.h
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ std::string GetDalvikCacheFilenameOrDie(const char* file_location,
std::string GetSystemImageFilename(const char* location, InstructionSet isa);
// Wrapper on fork/execv to run a command in a subprocess.
+// Both of these spawn child processes using the environment as it was set when the single instance
+// of the runtime (Runtime::Current()) was started. If no instance of the runtime was started, it
+// will use the current environment settings.
bool Exec(std::vector<std::string>& arg_vector, std::string* error_msg);
int ExecAndReturnCode(std::vector<std::string>& arg_vector, std::string* error_msg);