diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index 82c71e44..111d842c 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ void cutbuffer_reset(void)
 }
 
 /* If we're not on the last line of the file, move all the text of the
- * current line, plus the newline at the end, to the cutbuffer, and set
- * the current place we want to the beginning of the now-nonexistent
- * line.  If we are, and the last line of the file isn't blank, move all
- * of the text of the current line to the cutbuffer, and set the current
- * place we want to the beginning of the now-blank line. */
+ * current line, plus the newline at the end, to the cutbuffer.  If we
+ * are, and the last line of the file isn't blank, move all of the text
+ * of the current line to the cutbuffer.  In both cases, set the current
+ * place we want to the beginning of the current line. */
 void cut_line(void)
 {
     size_t data_len = strlen(openfile->current->data);