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diff --git a/compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp b/compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp
index 8d561bab9f..98599498ae 100644
--- a/compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp
+++ b/compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp
@@ -1356,8 +1356,8 @@ aexp2 :: { LHsExpr RdrName }
| RATIONAL { sL (getLoc $1) (HsOverLit $! mkHsFractional (getRATIONAL $1) placeHolderType) }
-- N.B.: sections get parsed by these next two productions.
- -- This allows you to write, e.g., '(+ 3, 4 -)', which isn't correct Haskell98
- -- (you'd have to write '((+ 3), (4 -))')
+ -- This allows you to write, e.g., '(+ 3, 4 -)', which isn't
+ -- correct Haskell (you'd have to write '((+ 3), (4 -))')
-- but the less cluttered version fell out of having texps.
| '(' texp ')' { LL (HsPar $2) }
| '(' tup_exprs ')' { LL (ExplicitTuple $2 Boxed) }
@@ -1417,8 +1417,8 @@ texp :: { LHsExpr RdrName }
-- Note [Parsing sections]
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- We include left and right sections here, which isn't
- -- technically right according to Haskell 98. For example
- -- (3 +, True) isn't legal
+ -- technically right according to the Haskell standard.
+ -- For example (3 +, True) isn't legal.
-- However, we want to parse bang patterns like
-- (!x, !y)
-- and it's convenient to do so here as a section