diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index 18c6de21c1..268f869a36 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -1930,9 +1930,6 @@ _bt_unlink_halfdead_page(Relation rel, Buffer leafbuf, bool *rightsib_empty)
 	 * might be possible to push the fast root even further down, but the odds
 	 * of doing so are slim, and the locking considerations daunting.)
 	 *
-	 * We don't support handling this in the case where the parent is becoming
-	 * half-dead, even though it theoretically could occur.
-	 *
 	 * We can safely acquire a lock on the metapage here --- see comments for
 	 * _bt_newroot().
 	 */
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
index 9b172c1a19..4c7b2d0966 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtutils.c
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ _bt_check_natts(Relation rel, bool heapkeyspace, Page page, OffsetNumber offnum)
 	int			tupnatts;
 
 	/*
-	 * We cannot reliably test a deleted or half-deleted page, since they have
+	 * We cannot reliably test a deleted or half-dead page, since they have
 	 * dummy high keys
 	 */
 	if (P_IGNORE(opaque))