diff --git a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
index 25d90125..dc8c1da2 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 #       pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wcovered-switch-default"
 #    endif
 #elif defined __GNUC__
-     // GCC likes to warn on REQUIREs, and we cannot suppress them
-     // locally because g++'s support for _Pragma is lacking in older,
-     // still supported, versions
-#    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses"
+     // Because REQUIREs trigger GCC's -Wparentheses, and because still
+     // supported version of g++ have only buggy support for _Pragmas,
+     // Wparentheses have to be suppressed globally.
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses" // See #674 for details
+
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpadded"