1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 7adb611cefd..758bec2cf92 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1496,12 +1496,12 @@ skip_chars (forwardp, syntaxp, string, lim)
                 {
                   if (! SINGLE_BYTE_CHAR_P (c2))
                     {
-                      /* Handle a range starting with a unibyte char
-                         and ending with a multibyte char.  Split that
-                         into two ranges, the low one ending at 0377,
-                         and the high one starting at the smallest
-                         character in the charset of C2 and ending at
-                         C2.  */
+                      /* Handle a range starting with a character of
+                         less than 256, and ending with a character of
+                         not less than 256.  Split that into two
+                         ranges, the low one ending at 0377, and the
+                         high one starting at the smallest character
+                         in the charset of C2 and ending at C2.  */
                       int charset = CHAR_CHARSET (c2);
                       int c1 = MAKE_CHAR (charset, 0, 0);