diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/start.S b/sysdeps/alpha/elf/start.S
similarity index 94%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/start.S
rename to sysdeps/alpha/elf/start.S
index bffa913538..c534d6987b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/elf/start.S
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
+/* Startup code for Alpha/ELF.
+Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
 
 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as