diff --git a/src/hu_stuff.c b/src/hu_stuff.c
index 8df7b9bbd535d97279d962addfdecdc2cc9eab81..d665e57579f2048b47be98f389c17bb8eec228bd 100644
--- a/src/hu_stuff.c
+++ b/src/hu_stuff.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static void Got_Saycmd(UINT8 **p, INT32 playernum)
 	// Clean up message a bit
 	// If you use a \r character, you can remove your name
 	// from before the text and then pretend to be someone else!
-	// bitten's note: i need to look into this, but wouldn't either 0x08 (backspace) or 0x7F (del) also get this result, there are other control characters within the range 0x00 to 0x80, why just filter \r
+	// bitten's note: i need to look into this, but you could just use \n to the same effect, why just filter \r
 	ptr = msg;
 	while (*ptr != '\0')
 	{