diff --git a/colorless.theme b/colorless.theme
index 668866f5..1b26f628 100644
--- a/colorless.theme
+++ b/colorless.theme
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ abstracts = {
   # background for topicbar (same default)
   #sb_topic_bg = "%8";
 
-  # text at the beginning of statusbars. sb-item already puts
-  # space there,so we don't use anything by default.
+  # text at the beginning of statusbars. "sb" already puts a space there,
+  # so we don't use anything by default.
   sbstart = "";
   # text at the end of statusbars. Use space so that it's never
   # used for anything.
diff --git a/default.theme b/default.theme
index 6b6aeab8..956d7c4f 100644
--- a/default.theme
+++ b/default.theme
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ abstracts = {
   # background for topicbar (same default)
   #sb_topic_bg = "%4";
 
-  # text at the beginning of statusbars. sb-item already puts
-  # space there,so we don't use anything by default.
+  # text at the beginning of statusbars. "sb" already puts a space there,
+  # so we don't use anything by default.
   sbstart = "";
   # text at the end of statusbars. Use space so that it's never
   # used for anything.