diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index b332f5a3..4315c36d 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1244,11 +1244,11 @@ with_thousand_seps_large (LARGE_INT l)
    usually improves readability."
 
    This intentionally uses kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), etc. in their
-   original computer science meaning of "multiples of 1024".
-   Multiples of 1000 would be useless since Wget already adds thousand
-   separators for legibility.  We don't use the "*bibyte" names
-   invented in 1998, and seldom used in practice.  Wikipedia's entry
-   on kilobyte discusses this in some detail.  */
+   original computer science meaning of "powers of 1024".  Powers of
+   1000 would be useless since Wget already displays sizes with
+   thousand separators.  We don't use the "*bibyte" names invented in
+   1998, and seldom used in practice.  Wikipedia's entry on kilobyte
+   discusses this in some detail.  */
 
 char *
 human_readable (wgint n)