diff --git a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
index 972d00ee62c..3975b56ab87 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ class GenericTest(unittest.TestCase):
             safe_rmdir(test_support.TESTFN)
 
 
+# Following TestCase is not supposed to be run from test_genericpath.
+# It is inherited by other test modules (macpath, ntpath, posixpath).
+
 class CommonTest(GenericTest):
     # The path module to be tested
     pathmodule = None