diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index b3181834..689f3653 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 #define ISSET(flag) ((FLAGS(flag) & FLAGMASK(flag)) != 0)
 #define TOGGLE(flag) FLAGS(flag) ^= FLAGMASK(flag)
 
-/* Macros for character allocation and more. */
-#define charalloc(howmuch) (char *)nmalloc((howmuch) * sizeof(char))
-#define charealloc(ptr, howmuch) (char *)nrealloc(ptr, (howmuch) * sizeof(char))
+/* Macros for allocation of character strings. */
+#define charalloc(howmuch) (char *)nmalloc(howmuch)
+#define charealloc(ptr, howmuch) (char *)nrealloc(ptr, howmuch)
 
 /* In UTF-8 a character is at most six bytes long. */
 #ifdef ENABLE_UTF8