diff --git a/fuzz/compress.cc b/fuzz/compress.cc
index 6bf657e3..539932f1 100644
--- a/fuzz/compress.cc
+++ b/fuzz/compress.cc
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
     if (ti != 2)
       flags |= TJFLAG_NOREALLOC;
 
-    /* tjLoadImage() ignores 0-pixel images and images larger than 1 Megapixel
-       when FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION is defined (yes, that's
-       a dirty hack), so we don't need to check the width and height here. */
+    /* tjLoadImage() refuses to load images larger than 1 Megapixel when
+       FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION is defined (yes, that's a dirty
+       hack), so we don't need to check the width and height here. */
     if ((srcBuf = tjLoadImage(filename, &width, 1, &height, &pf,
                               flags)) == NULL)
       continue;
diff --git a/fuzz/compress_yuv.cc b/fuzz/compress_yuv.cc
index 6269d427..021d6615 100644
--- a/fuzz/compress_yuv.cc
+++ b/fuzz/compress_yuv.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
     else
       restartEnv[11] = '0';
 
-    /* tjLoadImage() ignores 0-pixel images and images larger than 1 Megapixel
-       when FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION is defined (yes, that's
-       a dirty hack), so we don't need to check the width and height here. */
+    /* tjLoadImage() refuses to load images larger than 1 Megapixel when
+       FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION is defined (yes, that's a dirty
+       hack), so we don't need to check the width and height here. */
     if ((srcBuf = tjLoadImage(filename, &width, 1, &height, &pf,
                               flags)) == NULL)
       continue;
diff --git a/turbojpeg.c b/turbojpeg.c
index 20b18d15..3500c782 100644
--- a/turbojpeg.c
+++ b/turbojpeg.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ DLLEXPORT unsigned char *tjLoadImage(const char *filename, int *width,
 
   src->input_file = file;
 #ifdef FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION
-  /* Ignore images larger than 1 Megapixel when fuzzing. */
+  /* Refuse to load images larger than 1 Megapixel when fuzzing. */
   if (flags & TJFLAG_FUZZING)
     src->max_pixels = 1048576;
 #endif