diff --git a/distrib/common/Makefile.crunch b/distrib/common/Makefile.crunch
index f7a18fe0fd3f..6b458ea017cd 100644
--- a/distrib/common/Makefile.crunch
+++ b/distrib/common/Makefile.crunch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.crunch,v 1.17 2005/01/18 12:30:21 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.crunch,v 1.18 2005/01/19 01:18:59 lukem Exp $
 #
 # Makefile snippet to build a crunchgen(1)ed binary from the provided lists
 #
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #	SMALLPROG_INET6	if != 0 and SMALLPROG != 0, and ${USE_INET6} != "no",
 #			add SMALLPROG_INET6=1 to CRUNCHENV.  [default: 0]
 #	CRUNCHENV	environment to pass to crunchgen(1) and when building
-#			the crunched program.
+#			the crunched program with make(1) (as command line
+#			variables, to override any user provided environment
+#			or make(1) cmdline vars).
 #	CRUNCHGEN_FLAGS	extra options to crunchgen(1)
 #	DESTDIR		destination directory
 #	PARSELISTENV	environment variables to set for parselist.awk
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ CRUNCHENV+=		SMALLPROG_INET6=1
 
 .PHONY:	${CRUNCHBIN}
 ${CRUNCHBIN}: ${CRUNCHBIN}.mk ${CRUNCHBIN}.cache ${CRUNCHBIN}.c
-	${CRUNCHENV} ${MAKE} -f ${CRUNCHBIN}.mk ${CRUNCHBIN}.crunched
+	${MAKE} ${CRUNCHENV} -f ${CRUNCHBIN}.mk ${CRUNCHBIN}.crunched
 
 ${CRUNCHBIN}.c: ${CRUNCHBIN}.mk
 	[ ! -f ${.TARGET} ] || touch ${.TARGET}