diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
index b2b7b4309..adffd30e0 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ com pnglibconf.h - library build configuration
 com
 version
 com
-com Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
+com Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 com
 com This code is released under the libpng license.
 com For conditions of distribution and use, see the disclaimer
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ setting DEFAULT_READ_MACROS default 1
 
 option READ_INT_FUNCTIONS requires READ
 
-# The same for write, but these can only be switched off if
-# no writing is required at all - hence the use of an 'enables'
-# not a 'requires' below:
+# The same for write  but these can only be switched off if no writing
+# is required at all - hence the use of a 'disabled', not a 'requires'.
+# If these are needed, they are enabled in the 'WRITE options' section
+# below.
 
 option WRITE_INT_FUNCTIONS disabled
-option WRITE enables WRITE_INT_FUNCTIONS
 
 # Error controls
 #
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ option BUILD_GRAYSCALE_PALETTE
 
 # WRITE options
 
-option WRITE
+option WRITE enables WRITE_INT_FUNCTIONS
 
 # Disabling WRITE_16BIT prevents 16-bit PNG files from being
 # generated.