1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.cpp b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
index 3c3f92fe46..2cdff7ee57 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -173,7 +173,13 @@ bool static IsLowDERSignature(const valtype &vchSig, ScriptError* serror) {
     if (!IsValidSignatureEncoding(vchSig)) {
         return set_error(serror, SCRIPT_ERR_SIG_DER);
     }
+    // https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/12556:
+    //     Also note that inside transaction signatures, an extra hashtype byte
+    //     follows the actual signature data.
     std::vector<unsigned char> vchSigCopy(vchSig.begin(), vchSig.begin() + vchSig.size() - 1);
+    // If the S value is above the order of the curve divided by two, its
+    // complement modulo the order could have been used instead, which is
+    // one byte shorter when encoded correctly.
     if (!CPubKey::CheckLowS(vchSigCopy)) {
         return set_error(serror, SCRIPT_ERR_SIG_HIGH_S);
     }