diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-signals/sigint1.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-signals/sigint1.tests
index 20e45d940..3d483d32a 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-signals/sigint1.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-signals/sigint1.tests
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 (sleep 1; echo Sending SIGINT to main shell PID; exec kill -INT $$) &
 
 # We create a child which exits with 0 even on SIGINT
-# (This is truly necessary only if SIGINT is generated by ^C,
+# (The complex command is necessary only if SIGINT is generated by ^C,
 # in this testcase even bare "sleep 2" would do because
-# we don't send SIGINT _to_ the_ child_...)
+# in the testcase we don't send SIGINT *to the child*...)
 $THIS_SH -c 'trap "exit 0" SIGINT; sleep 2'
 
 # In one second, we (main shell) get SIGINT here.
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/sigint1.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/sigint1.tests
index 20e45d940..3d483d32a 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/sigint1.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/sigint1.tests
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 (sleep 1; echo Sending SIGINT to main shell PID; exec kill -INT $$) &
 
 # We create a child which exits with 0 even on SIGINT
-# (This is truly necessary only if SIGINT is generated by ^C,
+# (The complex command is necessary only if SIGINT is generated by ^C,
 # in this testcase even bare "sleep 2" would do because
-# we don't send SIGINT _to_ the_ child_...)
+# in the testcase we don't send SIGINT *to the child*...)
 $THIS_SH -c 'trap "exit 0" SIGINT; sleep 2'
 
 # In one second, we (main shell) get SIGINT here.