diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 8dda32129ef94bcb0f0c8fb0a76f0fef0d8a239a..80538073be420e26f56ebc78cf2af04ed838f411 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@ void statusbar(const char *msg, ...)
 	return;
     }
 
-    /* Blank out the line. */
     blank_statusbar();
 
 #if !defined(NANO_TINY) && defined(ENABLE_NANORC)