diff --git a/Parser/Gmsh.l b/Parser/Gmsh.l
index b04319644e6cab81d226e0ec11e3be249217dc4f..472877bce51e49d79ec0d9a984f0dda7fdcbd889 100644
--- a/Parser/Gmsh.l
+++ b/Parser/Gmsh.l
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ void skip_until(const char *skip, const char *until)
   }
 }
 
+// Patrick: to be unified soon with skip_until (or perhaps made particular when ElseIf will be added)
 void skip_until_test(const char *skip, const char *until, const char *until2, int *flag_until2)
 {
   int i, nb_skip = 0;
diff --git a/Parser/Gmsh.yy.cpp b/Parser/Gmsh.yy.cpp
index e567c9e2ebae28f5fe493ac43d9adb5a714212ce..b8e885b4d41d8f59ae1376b3e2e349beaa170b93 100644
--- a/Parser/Gmsh.yy.cpp
+++ b/Parser/Gmsh.yy.cpp
@@ -3588,6 +3588,7 @@ void skip_until(const char *skip, const char *until)
   }
 }
 
+// Patrick: to be unified soon with skip_until (or perhaps made particular when ElseIf will be added)
 void skip_until_test(const char *skip, const char *until, const char *until2, int *flag_until2)
 {
   int i, nb_skip = 0;