diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 9360f7dd..45f7a034 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -619,14 +619,14 @@ void browser_refresh(void)
 	bool dots = (COLS >= 15 && filetaillen >= longest -
 		foomaxlen - 1);
 		/* Do we put an ellipsis before the filename?  Don't set
-		 * this to TRUE if we have fewer than 15 columns (i.e, 7
-		 * columns for a filename other than ".."). */
+		 * this to TRUE if we have fewer than 15 columns (i.e, 1
+		 * column for padding, plus 7 columns for a filename
+		 * other than ".."). */
 	char *disp = display_string(filetail, dots ? filetaillen -
 		longest + foomaxlen + 4 : 0, longest, FALSE);
 		/* If we put an ellipsis before the filename, reserve 1
-		 * column for padding, plus foomaxlen columns for "--",
-		 * "(dir)", or the file size, plus 3 columns for the
-		 * ellipsis. */
+		 * column for padding, plus 7 columns for "--", "(dir)",
+		 * or the file size, plus 3 columns for the ellipsis. */
 
 	/* Start highlighting the currently selected file or
 	 * directory. */
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 72a1a60c..1000a402 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2051,8 +2051,8 @@ void titlebar(const char *path)
     if (!newfie) {
 	size_t lenpt = strlenpt(path), start_col;
 
-	/* Don't set dots to TRUE if we have fewer than 7 columns for
-	 * a filename. */
+	/* Don't set dots to TRUE if we have fewer than 8 columns (i.e,
+	 * 1 column for padding, plus 7 columns for a filename). */
 	dots = (space >= 7 && lenpt >= space);
 
 	if (dots) {