The startup disk may be indicated when other volumes may have the ability from which to be booted. My Mac indicates the current startup disk probably because I have several FireWire drives connected, including my 4G 40 GB iPod, from which I have booted from in the past (new USB-only 5G iPods cannot be startup devices ).
I have only one bootable drive, and my "About this Mac" shows the startup disk, so I doubt it's due to whether or not you have a single or multiple boot drives.