diff --git a/src/config/options.inc b/src/config/options.inc
index c2fae4c7..485474dd 100644
--- a/src/config/options.inc
+++ b/src/config/options.inc
@@ -885,14 +885,16 @@ static struct option_info config_options_info[] = {
 		"and lines working at the same time. Makes sense only with linux\n"
 		"terminal.")),
 
+	/* When CONFIG_UTF8 is defined, any code that reads the "utf_8_io"
+	 * option should also check whether the "codepage" option is UTF-8,
+	 * and if so, behave as if "utf_8_io" were 1.  (When CONFIG_UTF8 is
+	 * not defined, it should not be possible to set UTF-8 as "codepage";
+	 * please report any such possibilities as bugs.)  */
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("terminal._template_", N_("UTF-8 I/O"),
 		"utf_8_io", 0, 0,
 		N_("Enable I/O in UTF-8 for Unicode terminals. Note that currently,\n"
 		"only the subset of UTF-8 according to terminal codepage is used.\n"
 		"ELinks ignores this option if the terminal codepage is UTF-8.")),
-		/* When CONFIG_UTF8 is defined, any code that reads the "utf_8_io"
-		 * option should also check whether the "codepage" option is UTF-8,
-		 * and if so, behave as if "utf_8_io" were 1.  */
 
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("terminal._template_", N_("Restrict frames in cp850/852"),
 		"restrict_852", 0, 0,