diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 3326e5685887d149d49c92e0ceef39e2804e8ce6..00dc01926f3ddc5a599d8bcc4878eaf8d352255d 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ size_t quotelen;		/* strlen(quotestr) */
 char *backup_dir = NULL;	/* Backup directory. */
 #endif
 
-char *prompt = NULL;		/* Answer string for statusbar
-				 * questions. */
-char *answer = NULL;		/* Answer string for statusbar
+char *answer = NULL;		/* The answer string for statusbar
 				 * questions. */
 
 ssize_t tabsize = -1;		/* Our internal tabsize variable.  The
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index e395c008e56b6b68a32265624b4b394fc2d9878b..816cef3f021befc855ad4642533cf432ceba1f14 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ static int *key_buffer = NULL;
 static size_t key_buffer_len = 0;
 				/* The length of the default keystroke
 				 * buffer. */
+static char *prompt = NULL;
+				/* The prompt string for statusbar
+				 * questions. */
+static size_t statusbar_x = (size_t)-1;
+				/* The cursor position in answer. */
 static int statusblank = 0;
 				/* The number of keystrokes left after
 				 * we call statusbar(), before we
 				 * actually blank the statusbar. */
-static size_t statusbar_x = (size_t)-1;
-				/* The cursor position in answer. */
 static bool disable_cursorpos = FALSE;
 				/* Should we temporarily disable
 				 * constant cursor position display? */