diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
index f461bf3badda1e9c9a1c731082693cab09794350..0d8b0f445e81931f6bb32c757f843de4e608177a 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ static int check_bsize_coverage(VP9_COMMON *cm, MACROBLOCKD *xd,
   assert(bsize > BLOCK_SIZE_SB8X8);
 
   // return the node index in the prob tree for binary coding
-  // skip horizontal/none partition types
+  // only allow horizontal/split partition types
   if ((mi_col + ms < cm->mi_cols) && (mi_row + ms >= cm->mi_rows))
     return 1;
-  // skip vertical/none partition types
+  // only allow vertical/split partition types
   if ((mi_row + ms < cm->mi_rows) && (mi_col + ms >= cm->mi_cols))
     return 2;