diff --git a/lib/pop3.c b/lib/pop3.c
index cc067d67cd..fb2675d87b 100644
--- a/lib/pop3.c
+++ b/lib/pop3.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void pop3_get_message(char *buffer, char** outptr)
         message[len] != '\t')
       break;
 
-  /* Terminate the challenge */
+  /* Terminate the message */
   if(++len) {
     message[len] = '\0';
   }
diff --git a/lib/smtp.c b/lib/smtp.c
index 9ed0e00574..02af495601 100644
--- a/lib/smtp.c
+++ b/lib/smtp.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void smtp_get_message(char *buffer, char** outptr)
         message[len] != '\t')
       break;
 
-  /* Terminate the challenge */
+  /* Terminate the message */
   if(++len) {
     message[len] = '\0';
   }