diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 59705fd..f431c0a 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -981,7 +981,6 @@ class Parsedown
     {
         $markup = '';
 
-        # $text contains the unexamined text
         # $excerpt is based on the first occurrence of a marker
 
         while ($excerpt = strpbrk($text, $this->inlineMarkerList))