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diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index a3215646a..9f50d7f4e 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ check_file (const char *infile, const char *outfile)
initbuffer (thisline);
initbuffer (prevline);
+ /* This duplication is to distinguish the common case (in which none of the
+ following options has been specified: --count, -repeated, --all-repeated,
+ --unique) from the others. In the common case, we can output each new
+ line right away, without waiting to see if the next one is different). */
+
if (mode == output_all && countmode == count_none)
{
char *prevfield IF_LINT (= NULL);