diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 4e98c0b1aae21a9a7432e706383c2648896aaf34..49f30b3fa208adb002f38d1002627e5fa74f0ab0 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2612,8 +2612,8 @@ void edit_draw(const filestruct *fileptr, const char *converted, int
 	int x_start;
 	    /* Starting column for mvwaddnstr().  Zero-based. */
 	int paintlen;
-	    /* Number of chars to paint on this line.  There are COLS
-	     * characters on a whole line. */
+	    /* Number of characters to paint on this line.  There are
+	     * COLS characters on a whole line. */
 	size_t index;
 	    /* Index in converted where we paint. */