1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
index f786153b383..d0056183d51 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-cmds.el
@@ -509,7 +509,9 @@ This function does various newline cleanups based on the value of
           ;; this case.  So the marker that we put after "else" would
           ;; end up before it.
           (setq delete-temp-newline
-                (cons (copy-marker (c-point 'eopl) t)
+                (cons (save-excursion
+                        (c-backward-syntactic-ws)
+                        (copy-marker (point) t))
                       (point-marker))))
         (unwind-protect
             (progn
@@ -2671,7 +2673,7 @@ command to conveniently insert and align the necessary backslashes."
 
                    ;; There's no nonempty prefix on the line after the
                    ;; comment opener.  If the line is empty, or if the
-                   ;; text on has less or equal indentation than the
+                   ;; text on it has less or equal indentation than the
                    ;; comment starter we assume it's an unclosed
                    ;; comment starter, i.e. that
                    ;; `c-block-comment-prefix' should be used.