diff --git a/src/register/pricecell.c b/src/register/pricecell.c
index 63f03c910c..4aba057ed7 100644
--- a/src/register/pricecell.c
+++ b/src/register/pricecell.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static void PriceSetValue (struct _BasicCell *, const char *);
 
 #define DECIMAL_PT  '.'
 
+/* hack alert -- use color for cells as per old xacc */
 
 #define SET(cell,str) { 			\
    if ((cell)->value) free ((cell)->value);	\
diff --git a/src/register/table-motif.c b/src/register/table-motif.c
index 64bdb68f14..e6aceb25c3 100644
--- a/src/register/table-motif.c
+++ b/src/register/table-motif.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ xaccRefreshTableGUI (Table * table)
 {int i;
 printf (" refresh %d %d \n",  table->num_phys_rows,table->num_phys_cols);
 for (i=0; i<table->num_phys_rows; i++) {
-printf ("cell %d %s \n", i, table->entries[i][3]);
+printf ("cell %d descr: %s \n", i, table->entries[i][3]);
 }}
   XtVaSetValues (table->table_widget, XmNrows,    table->num_phys_rows,
                                       XmNcolumns, table->num_phys_cols,