diff --git a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
index 24ca1412a7..fb4851ed25 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
@@ -275,13 +275,15 @@
 #define wxUSE_ODBC          0
                                 // Define 1 to use ODBC classes
 
-#define wxODBC_FWD_ONLY_CURSORS 1
-                                // Some databases/ODBC drivers only allow forward scrolling cursors.
-                                // Unless you specifically want to use backward scrolling
-                                // cursors, and you know that all of the databases/ODBC drivers
-                                // that you will use these odbc classes with allow backward
-                                // scrolling cursors, this setting should remain set to 1
-                                // for maximum database/driver compatibilty
+#define wxODBC_FWD_ONLY_CURSORS	 1
+                                // For backward compatibility reasons, this parameter now only
+                                // controls the default scrolling method used by cursors.  This
+                                // default behavior can be overriden by setting the second param
+                                // of wxDB::GetDbConnection() to indicate whether the connection
+                                // (and any wxTable()s that use the connection) should support
+                                // forward only scrolling of cursors, or both forward and backward
+                                // Support for backward scrolling cursors is dependent on the 
+                                // data source as well as the ODBC driver being used.
 
 #ifndef __MWERKS__
 #define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH     1