diff --git a/src/engine/gnc-engine-util.h b/src/engine/gnc-engine-util.h
index f1d3691780..86b37ecc3c 100644
--- a/src/engine/gnc-engine-util.h
+++ b/src/engine/gnc-engine-util.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include "gnc-commodity.h"
 #include "gnc-numeric.h"
 
-#define BUFSIZE   1024
-
 
 /** DEBUGGING MACROS ************************************************/
 /* The debuging macros enable the setting of trace messages */
diff --git a/src/gnc-ui-util.c b/src/gnc-ui-util.c
index 2923c601c0..1e6919659d 100644
--- a/src/gnc-ui-util.c
+++ b/src/gnc-ui-util.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ const char *
 DxaccPrintAmount (double val, GNCPrintAmountInfo info)
 {
    /* hack alert -- this is not thread safe ... */
-   static char buf[BUFSIZE];
+   static char buf[1024];
 
    DxaccSPrintAmount (buf, val, info);
 
diff --git a/src/gnc-ui-util.h b/src/gnc-ui-util.h
index 6ad00ce153..f1bce9380b 100644
--- a/src/gnc-ui-util.h
+++ b/src/gnc-ui-util.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ int gnc_locale_decimal_places(void);
 /*
  * The xaccPrintAmount() and xaccSPrintAmount() routines provide
  *    i18n'ed convenience routines for printing gnc_numerics.
- *    amounts. Both routines take a gnc_numeric argument and an
- *    printing information object.
+ *    amounts. Both routines take a gnc_numeric argument and
+ *    a printing information object.
  *
  * The xaccPrintAmount() routine returns a pointer to a statically
  *    allocated buffer, and is therefore not thread-safe.