diff --git a/src/guacenc/display-buffers.c b/src/guacenc/display-buffers.c
index 9fd8663d..5bd68d35 100644
--- a/src/guacenc/display-buffers.c
+++ b/src/guacenc/display-buffers.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int guacenc_display_free_buffer(guacenc_display* display,
     /* Transform index to buffer space */
     int internal_index = -index - 1;
 
-    /* Do not lookup / allocate if index is invalid */
+    /* Do not lookup / free if index is invalid */
     if (internal_index < 0 || internal_index > GUACENC_DISPLAY_MAX_BUFFERS) {
         guacenc_log(GUAC_LOG_WARNING, "Buffer index out of bounds: %i", index);
         return 1;
diff --git a/src/guacenc/display-layers.c b/src/guacenc/display-layers.c
index 23b43e75..e0406f8b 100644
--- a/src/guacenc/display-layers.c
+++ b/src/guacenc/display-layers.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int guacenc_display_get_depth(guacenc_display* display, guacenc_layer* layer) {
 int guacenc_display_free_layer(guacenc_display* display,
         int index) {
 
-    /* Do not lookup / allocate if index is invalid */
+    /* Do not lookup / free if index is invalid */
     if (index < 0 || index > GUACENC_DISPLAY_MAX_LAYERS) {
         guacenc_log(GUAC_LOG_WARNING, "Layer index out of bounds: %i", index);
         return 1;