diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 1781dfb2..f5f128f9 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2095,8 +2095,8 @@ void do_wordlinechar_count(void)
 	if (added_magicline)
 	    remove_magicline();
 
-	lines = openfile->filebot->lineno - openfile->fileage->lineno +
-		1;
+	lines = openfile->filebot->lineno -
+		openfile->fileage->lineno + 1;
 	chars = get_totsize(openfile->fileage, openfile->filebot);
 
 	/* Unpartition the filestruct so that it contains all the text
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 6e93749c..7f2ef51c 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -3053,7 +3053,6 @@ size_t get_page_start(size_t column)
 	return column - (COLS - 2);
     else
 	return column - (COLS - 1);
-		/* The parentheses are necessary to avoid overflow. */
 }
 
 /* Resets current_y, based on the position of current, and puts the