--- old/make/launcher/LauncherCommon.gmk	Thu Jun  8 07:36:01 2017
+++ new/make/launcher/LauncherCommon.gmk	Thu Jun  8 07:36:01 2017
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
 #     current module
 # MAIN_CLASS   The Java main class to launch
 # JAVA_ARGS   Processed into a -DJAVA_ARGS and added to CFLAGS
-# EXTRA_JAVA_ARGS Processed into a -DEXTRA_JAVA_ARGS and is prependedi
-#     before JAVA_ARGS to CFLAGS
+# EXTRA_JAVA_ARGS Processed into a -DEXTRA_JAVA_ARGS and is prepended
+#     before JAVA_ARGS to CFLAGS, primarily to allow long string literal
+#     compile time defines exceeding Visual Studio 2013 limitations.
 # CFLAGS   Additional CFLAGS
 # CFLAGS_windows   Additional CFLAGS_windows
 # LIBS_unix   Additional LIBS_unix