1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/utils/StringBuffer.hs b/compiler/utils/StringBuffer.hs
index a5fc4e7f12..64578bffde 100644
--- a/compiler/utils/StringBuffer.hs
+++ b/compiler/utils/StringBuffer.hs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ data StringBuffer
      cur :: {-# UNPACK #-} !Int         -- current pos
   }
   -- The buffer is assumed to be UTF-8 encoded, and furthermore
-  -- we add three '\0' bytes to the end as sentinels so that the
+  -- we add three @\'\\0\'@ bytes to the end as sentinels so that the
   -- decoder doesn't have to check for overflow at every single byte
   -- of a multibyte sequence.
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ stringToStringBuffer str =
 -- the remaining portion (analogous to 'Data.List.uncons').  __Warning:__ The
 -- behavior is undefined if the 'StringBuffer' is empty.  The result shares
 -- the same buffer as the original.  Similar to 'utf8DecodeChar', if the
--- character cannot be decoded as UTF-8, '\0' is returned.
+-- character cannot be decoded as UTF-8, @\'\\0\'@ is returned.
 {-# INLINE nextChar #-}
 nextChar :: StringBuffer -> (Char,StringBuffer)
 nextChar (StringBuffer buf len (I# cur#)) =
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ nextChar (StringBuffer buf len (I# cur#)) =
 -- | Return the first UTF-8 character of a nonempty 'StringBuffer' (analogous
 -- to 'Data.List.head').  __Warning:__ The behavior is undefined if the
 -- 'StringBuffer' is empty.  Similar to 'utf8DecodeChar', if the character
--- cannot be decoded as UTF-8, '\0' is returned.
+-- cannot be decoded as UTF-8, @\'\\0\'@ is returned.
 currentChar :: StringBuffer -> Char
 currentChar = fst . nextChar
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ skipToLine !line !len !op0 = go 1 op0
 
 -- | Decode the first @n@ bytes of a 'StringBuffer' as UTF-8 into a 'String'.
 -- Similar to 'utf8DecodeChar', if the character cannot be decoded as UTF-8,
--- they will be replaced with '\0'.
+-- they will be replaced with @\'\\0\'@.
 lexemeToString :: StringBuffer
                -> Int                   -- ^ @n@, the number of bytes
                -> String