1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/awk.h b/awk.h
index b210dcdc..09757b9f 100644
--- a/awk.h
+++ b/awk.h
@@ -473,13 +473,7 @@ typedef struct exp_node {
 #define re_cnt	flags
 
 /* Node_val */
-/*
- * Note that the string in stptr may not be NUL-terminated, but it is
- * guaranteed to have at least one extra byte that may be temporarily set
- * to '\0'. This is helpful when calling functions such as strtod that require
- * a NUL-terminated argument. In particular, field values $n for n > 0 and
- * n < NF will not have a NUL terminator, since they point into the $0 buffer.
- */
+/* Note that the string in stptr will always be NUL-terminated. */
 #define stptr	sub.val.sp
 #define stlen	sub.val.slen
 #define valref	sub.val.sref