diff --git a/src/botcmd.c b/src/botcmd.c
index 1e14d0999..bf5528c0c 100644
--- a/src/botcmd.c
+++ b/src/botcmd.c
@@ -341,9 +341,10 @@ static void remote_tell_who(int idx, char *nick, int chan)
       strncat(s, c->dname, ssize);
 
       /* check if we need to trunc, normally only for first chans on the line.
-       * CHANNELLEN is 80, so we likely won't ever hit this *now*, but if we
-       * ever change that for some reason (twitch? ircv3 stuff?) this is still
-       * a good check to have, 'just in case'
+       * CHANNELLEN is 200 and channel names rarely exceed 50 chars, so we
+       * likely won't ever hit this *now*, but if we ever change that for some
+       * reason (twitch? ircv3 stuff?) this is still a good check to have,
+       * 'just in case'
        */
       if (i > ssize) {
         unsigned int trunc = 4;