diff --git a/lib/krb5/time.c b/lib/krb5/time.c
index 03875c2c2..3d47260e0 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/time.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/time.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -35,14 +35,22 @@
 
 RCSID("$Id$");
 
+/*
+ * return ``corrected'' time in `timeret'.
+ */
+
 krb5_error_code
 krb5_timeofday (krb5_context context,
-		int32_t *timeret)
+		krb5_timestamp *timeret)
 {
     *timeret = time(NULL) + context->kdc_sec_offset;
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * like gettimeofday but with time correction to the KDC
+ */
+
 krb5_error_code
 krb5_us_timeofday (krb5_context context,
 		   int32_t *sec,