diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index aae0b488f4f7b4c4f538cebcdc89cbec6bb4ad23..118f33dd1e03ae5ef4ffc7ea5689822b952d5601 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ int write_file(const char *name, bool tmp, int append, bool
     /* Set the umask back to the user's original value. */
     umask(original_umask);
 
-    /* First, just give up if we couldn't even open the file. */
+    /* If we couldn't open the file, give up. */
     if (fd == -1) {
 	statusbar(_("Error writing %s: %s"), realname, strerror(errno));