diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index 970fb58a24..ba4755f82f 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -3071,8 +3071,7 @@ TriggerBox::fast_forward (CueEvents const & cues, samplepos_t transport_position
 		}
 
 		if (!trig->region()) {
-			/* the cue-identified slot is empty for this
-			   triggerbox. This effectively ends the duration of
+			/* the slot is empty. This effectively ends the duration of
 			   whatever slot might have been running when we hit
 			   the cue.
 			*/