It is shown that the model used in the paper "Oblique axisymmetric stagnation flows in magnetohydrodynamics" [Amaouche Phys. Fluids 19, 114106 (2007)] is incomplete since the electric potential has been neglected. The results of the work should therefore be considered as qualitative until the analysis has been repeated using the correct set of equations. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.