diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0861b2ef097472b85defcba11083cfac05fafbbe..2b5a02bb0d333b9b2b162bcd3a7090f60e16861b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 CVS code -
+- General:
+	- Miscellaneous comment fixes. (DLR)
 - nano.h:
 	- Rename NANO_ALT_REPLACE_KEY to NANO_REPLACE_ALTKEY, for
 	  consistency. (DLR)
diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 4bd9e223026f214558f9f641d6244329702de948..ef0d9133d20d6b9710f059cda7c15bb9ed396148 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -621,19 +621,20 @@ void browser_refresh(void)
 		/* The length of the file information in columns. */
 	int foomaxlen = 7;
 		/* The maximum length of the file information in
-		 * columns: 7 for "--", "(dir)", or the file size, and
-		 * 12 for "(parent dir)". */
+		 * columns: seven for "--", "(dir)", or the file size,
+		 * and 12 for "(parent dir)". */
 	bool dots = (COLS >= 15 && filetaillen >= longest -
 		foomaxlen - 1);
 		/* Do we put an ellipsis before the filename?  Don't set
-		 * this to TRUE if we have fewer than 15 columns (i.e. 1
-		 * column for padding, plus 7 columns for a filename
-		 * other than ".."). */
+		 * this to TRUE if we have fewer than 15 columns (i.e.
+		 * one column for padding, plus seven columns for a
+		 * filename other than ".."). */
 	char *disp = display_string(filetail, dots ? filetaillen -
 		longest + foomaxlen + 4 : 0, longest, FALSE);
-		/* If we put an ellipsis before the filename, reserve 1
-		 * column for padding, plus 7 columns for "--", "(dir)",
-		 * or the file size, plus 3 columns for the ellipsis. */
+		/* If we put an ellipsis before the filename, reserve
+		 * one column for padding, plus seven columns for "--",
+		 * "(dir)", or the file size, plus three columns for the
+		 * ellipsis. */
 
 	/* Start highlighting the currently selected file or
 	 * directory. */
diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 9b020fb48b6ee7b3bb5a1546f56ed87cfb2d649b..ac06a5b4b680a0ae9f16ec3a224592f21e4a4016 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ size_t help_line_len(const char *ptr)
     while (*(ptr + retval) != '\0' && *(ptr + retval) != '\n')
 	retval += move_mbright(ptr + retval, 0);
 
-    /* If the entire line doesn't go more than 1 column beyond where we
-     * tried to break it, we should display it as-is.  Otherwise, we
+    /* If the entire line doesn't go more than one column beyond where
+     * we tried to break it, we should display it as-is.  Otherwise, we
      * should display it only up to the break. */
     if (strnlenpt(ptr, retval) > help_cols + 1)
 	retval = retval_save;
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index b9a055dd265b12a1ba9fb16e5818b723b09380f6..7428be6472a659bbacf6021fb868ca926d08169f 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2095,8 +2095,9 @@ void titlebar(const char *path)
     if (!newfie) {
 	size_t lenpt = strlenpt(path), start_col;
 
-	/* Don't set dots to TRUE if we have fewer than 8 columns (i.e.
-	 * 1 column for padding, plus 7 columns for a filename). */
+	/* Don't set dots to TRUE if we have fewer than eight columns
+	 * (i.e. one column for padding, plus seven columns for a
+	 * filename). */
 	dots = (space >= 8 && lenpt >= space);
 
 	if (dots) {