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diff --git a/GHC/Base.lhs b/GHC/Base.lhs
index 90c4c21..027191a 100644
--- a/GHC/Base.lhs
+++ b/GHC/Base.lhs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Other Prelude modules are much easier with fewer complex dependencies.
 
 \begin{code}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -XNoImplicitPrelude #-}
+-- -fno-warn-orphans is needed for things like:
+-- Orphan rule: "x# -# x#" ALWAYS forall x# :: Int# -# x# x# = 0
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ Instances of 'Functor' should satisfy the following laws:
 > fmap (f . g)  ==  fmap f . fmap g
 
 The instances of 'Functor' for lists, 'Data.Maybe.Maybe' and 'System.IO.IO'
-defined in the "Prelude" satisfy these laws.
+satisfy these laws.
 -}
 
 class  Functor f  where
@@ -437,19 +439,6 @@ otherwise               =  True
 --
 type String = [Char]
 
-{-| The character type 'Char' is an enumeration whose values represent
-Unicode (or equivalently ISO\/IEC 10646) characters
-(see <http://www.unicode.org/> for details).
-This set extends the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set
-(the first 256 charachers), which is itself an extension of the ASCII
-character set (the first 128 characters).
-A character literal in Haskell has type 'Char'.
-
-To convert a 'Char' to or from the corresponding 'Int' value defined
-by Unicode, use 'Prelude.toEnum' and 'Prelude.fromEnum' from the
-'Prelude.Enum' class respectively (or equivalently 'ord' and 'chr').
--}
-
 {-# RULES
 "x# `eqChar#` x#" forall x#. x# `eqChar#` x# = True
 "x# `neChar#` x#" forall x#. x# `neChar#` x# = False