diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e87f0ac17e3b503949c0e1d37827f1b826453d56..76b2293543443c50b704de9be516d712cf59c2c0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@
 
 2000.02.02 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
 		but I may be changing jobs very soon.  I will release
-		version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet).  I
+		version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet)).  I
 		expect things to settle down by the end of next week,
 		and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help
 		menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to
diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index 13771a2b17b1074afeb175f3ccf9cdf7fe296afd..96df531810538931748c0ee17b51b477c22d1f69 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ size_t move_mbleft(const char *buf, size_t pos)
 	}
 
 	/* Move forward again until we reach the original character,
-	 * so we know the length of its preceding the character. */
+	 * so we know the length of its preceding character. */
 	while (before < pos) {
 	    char_len = parse_mbchar(buf + before, NULL, NULL);
 	    before += char_len;
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 4a356f5ab122c603b887a3ab3efb29e4c07a01ce..fd60df8063ccf021ee7a249c33afd160383fd937 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ void do_insertfile(void)
 #endif
 		msg = _("Command to execute");
 	} else
-#endif /* NANO_TINY */
+#endif
 	{
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
 	    if (ISSET(MULTIBUFFER))
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ void do_insertfile(void)
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
 	    if (func == flip_newbuffer) {
-		/* Don't allow toggling when in view mode. */
+		/* Allow toggling only when not in view mode. */
 		if (!ISSET(VIEW_MODE))
 		    TOGGLE(MULTIBUFFER);
 		else
@@ -1149,11 +1149,10 @@ void do_insertfile(void)
 	    } else
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
 	    {
-		/* Make sure the path to the file specified in answer is
-		 * tilde-expanded. */
+		/* Make sure the specified path is tilde-expanded. */
 		answer = free_and_assign(answer, real_dir_from_tilde(answer));
 
-		/* Save the file specified in answer in the current buffer. */
+		/* Read the specified file into the current buffer. */
 		open_buffer(answer, TRUE);
 	    }