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diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event.h b/src/event/ngx_event.h
index c2170250d..ee7ab0f43 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event.h
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ struct ngx_event_s {
/*
* The inline of "ngx_rbtree_t rbtree;".
*
- * It allows to pack rbtree_color and variuos event bit flags into
- * the single int. We also use "unsigned char" and then "usigned short"
- * because otherwise MSVC 6.0 uses an additional int for bit flags.
+ * It allows to pack the rbtree_color and the variuos event bit flags into
+ * the single "int". We also use "unsigned char" and then "usigned short"
+ * because otherwise MSVC 6.0 uses an additional "int" for the bit flags.
+ * We use "char rbtree_color" instead of "unsigned int rbtree_color:1"
+ * because it preserves the bits order on the big endian platforms.
*/
ngx_int_t rbtree_key;