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diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index b5c1e43f9083a4fe985046c46a7f3c810cd33e5e..38468db7be3c4d8c30b07e2a808dca18be80e416 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ local-checks-available = \
 
 local-check = $(filter-out $(local-checks-to-skip), $(local-checks-available))
 
-.PHONY: $(syntax-check-rules)
+# Collect the names of rules starting with `sc_'.
 syntax-check-rules := $(shell sed -n 's/^\(sc_[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\):.*/\1/p' $(ME))
+.PHONY: $(syntax-check-rules)
 
 syntax-check: $(syntax-check-rules)
 #      @grep -nE '#  *include <(limits|std(def|arg|bool))\.h>'         \