diff --git a/llex.c b/llex.c
index 6a19d32c..6bc42fe7 100644
--- a/llex.c
+++ b/llex.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: llex.c,v 2.60 2012/01/20 18:35:36 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: llex.c,v 2.61 2012/01/23 23:05:51 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lexical Analyzer
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ void luaX_init (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 const char *luaX_token2str (LexState *ls, int token) {
-  if (token < FIRST_RESERVED) {
+  if (token < FIRST_RESERVED) {  /* single-byte symbols? */
     lua_assert(token == cast(unsigned char, token));
     return (lisprint(token)) ? luaO_pushfstring(ls->L, LUA_QL("%c"), token) :
                               luaO_pushfstring(ls->L, "char(%d)", token);
   }
   else {
     const char *s = luaX_tokens[token - FIRST_RESERVED];
-    if (token < TK_EOS)
+    if (token < TK_EOS)  /* fixed format (symbols and reserved words)? */
       return luaO_pushfstring(ls->L, LUA_QS, s);
-    else
+    else  /* names, strings, and numerals */
       return s;
   }
 }