diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 9eec78880ae1231192989ca108dfe555af22408c..c1c878fd6b2de91ca1e5101d3a47bca2928c5109 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2527,6 +2527,7 @@ char *do_browser(char *path, DIR *dir)
 		if (wenclose(edit, mevent.y, mevent.x)) {
 		    int old_selected = selected;
 
+		    /* Subtract out the size of topwin. */
 		    mevent.y -= 2 - no_more_space();
 
 		    /* longest is the width of each column.  There are
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index d0cdc1234c2dd5df8d65fb70171de645465added..b0ca75a60c047582d04ab15e8caa340d6370dc7f 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -3900,8 +3900,7 @@ bool do_mouse(void)
 	    size_t xcur;
 		/* The character they clicked on. */
 
-	    /* Subtract out the size of topwin.  Perhaps we need a
-	     * constant somewhere? */
+	    /* Subtract out the size of topwin. */
 	    mouse_y -= 2 - no_more_space();
 
 	    sameline = (mouse_y == current_y);