diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
index b50b90f12..757ffb11b 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
@@ -9,16 +9,21 @@
 SHARED_LIBRARIES=YES
 
 # where we expect to find shared libraries if not found elsewhere
+# No special action should be required to build or use shared libraries.
+# However, when a new shared library is built using the above configuration,
+# it should be copied into the location specified by DEFAULT_SHRLIB_SEARCH_PATH
+# which in this specific case is: /cs/lib/R3.13.1.1/
+
+# JLab version
 #DEFAULT_SHRLIB_SEARCH_PATH = /cs/lib/R$(EPICS_VERSION).$(EPICS_REVISION).$(EPICS_MODIFICATION).$(EPICS_UPDATE_NAME)$(EPICS_UPDATE_LEVEL):$(INSTALL_LIB)
+
+# BESSY version
 DEFAULT_SHRLIB_SEARCH_PATH = /opt/epics/R$(EPICS_VERSION).$(EPICS_REVISION).$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)/support/base/$(EPICS_VERSION)-$(EPICS_REVISION)-$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)-$(EPICS_UPDATE_NAME)$(EPICS_UPDATE_LEVEL)/lib/hpux-parisc
 
-#No special action should be required to build or use shared libraries.
-#However, when a new shared library is built using the above configuration,
-#it should be copied into the location specified by DEFAULT_SHRLIB_SEARCH_PATH
-#which in this specific case is: /cs/lib/R3.13.1.1/
-
 # cal added this so that libraries can be built with position
-# independent code even if shared libraries aren't being built
+# independent code even if shared libraries aren't being built.
+# Otherwise you would have to recompile everything when switching from
+# static to shared.
 ifeq ($(RELOCATABLE), YES)
     ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS     += +z
     ARCH_DEP_CXXFLAGS   += +z