diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 174bd9f307f708f240aa173741f8719e2f88c071..c74de28b62ae65ac90ab33c0ad1b4d5ffccdf6c4 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -1907,10 +1907,6 @@ const char *do_alt_speller(char *tempfile_name)
     /* Turn the cursor back on for sure. */
     curs_set(1);
 
-    /* The screen might have been resized.  If it has, reinitialize all
-     * the windows based on the new screen dimensions. */
-    window_init();
-
     if (!WIFEXITED(alt_spell_status) ||
 		WEXITSTATUS(alt_spell_status) != 0) {
 	char *altspell_error;
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 6a13013501d42ffd643bd65471c7825cde522d05..4de9d567f6a758ececc8b02630aeb15bfaa7068d 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -3487,7 +3487,8 @@ int need_vertical_update(size_t old_pww)
  * of lines, and draw new lines on the blank lines left after the
  * scrolling.  direction is the direction to scroll, either UP or DOWN,
  * and nlines is the number of lines to scroll.  We change edittop, and
- * assume that current and current_x are up to date. */
+ * assume that current and current_x are up to date.  We also assume
+ * that scrollok(edit) is FALSE. */
 void edit_scroll(updown direction, int nlines)
 {
     bool do_redraw = need_vertical_update(0);