1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/uudecode.c b/coreutils/uudecode.c
index 10e5a55de..164b208ea 100644
--- a/coreutils/uudecode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uudecode.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ int baseNUM_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 *--argv = (char*)"-";
         src_stream = xfopen_stdin(argv[0]);
         if (opts & 1) {
+                /* -d: decode */
                 int flags = (unsigned char)EOF;
                 if (ENABLE_BASE32 && (!ENABLE_BASE64 || applet_name[4] == '3'))
                         flags = ((unsigned char)EOF) | BASE64_32;
@@ -286,12 +287,12 @@ int baseNUM_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         } else {
                 enum {
                         SRC_BUF_SIZE = 3 * 5 * 32, /* this *MUST* be a multiple of 3 and 5 */
-                        DST_BUF_SIZE = 8 * ((SRC_BUF_SIZE + 4) / 5), /* max growth on decode (base32 case) */
+                        DST_BUF_SIZE = 8 * ((SRC_BUF_SIZE + 4) / 5), /* max growth on encode (base32 case) */
                 };
                 /* Use one buffer for both input and output:
-                 * decoding reads input "left-to-right",
+                 * encoding reads input "left-to-right",
                  * it's safe to place source at the end of the buffer and
-                 * overwrite it while decoding, just be careful to have a gap.
+                 * overwrite it while encoding, just be careful to have a gap.
                  */
                 char dst_buf[((DST_BUF_SIZE + /*gap:*/ 16) /*round up to 16:*/ | 0xf) + 1];
 #define src_buf (dst_buf + sizeof(dst_buf) - SRC_BUF_SIZE)