diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/AsciiStreamOperator.h b/src/osgPlugins/osg/AsciiStreamOperator.h
index 23fb0948c..9b21b19b6 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/AsciiStreamOperator.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/AsciiStreamOperator.h
@@ -280,11 +280,10 @@ public:
         if ( s==str ) return true;
         else 
         {
-            // originally _in->seekg( -(int)(s.length()), std::ios::cur ); as used but
-            // problems under windows occurred when reading ascii files with unix line endings
-            // rather than ascii files with windows line endings. The workaround for this
-            // problem was to unget each of the characters in term, hacky yes, but at least it
-            // works!
+            // originally "_in->seekg( -(int)(s.length()), std::ios::cur );" was used below but
+            // problems under windows occurred when reading ascii files with unix line endings.
+            // The workaround for this problem was to unget each of the characters in term,
+            // hacky yes, but at least it works!
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i)
                 _in->unget();
         }