diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
index dae421b95..3802a629c 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ impl EditorView {
         }
 
         /// Declare the welcome screen declaratively using this macro
-        /// It avoids the performance overhead of calling `Vec<Option<_>>::flatten` and
-        /// makes it easy to get the longest line in the center and the left, without
+        /// It makes it easy to get the longest line in the center and the left, without
         /// having to iterate over the `Vec<_>` again.
         macro_rules! welcome {
             (