diff --git a/opm/core/simulator/WellState.hpp b/opm/core/simulator/WellState.hpp
index 9e67a7d66..df823324a 100644
--- a/opm/core/simulator/WellState.hpp
+++ b/opm/core/simulator/WellState.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Opm
                     assert((wells->type[w] == INJECTOR) || (wells->type[w] == PRODUCER));
                     const WellControls* ctrl = wells->ctrls[w];
                     if (well_controls_well_is_stopped(ctrl)) {
-                        // Shut well:
+                        // Stopped well:
                         // 1. Assign zero well rates.
                         for (int p = 0; p < np; ++p) {
                             wellrates_[np*w + p] = 0.0;
diff --git a/opm/core/wells/WellsManager.cpp b/opm/core/wells/WellsManager.cpp
index 79ac6612d..cf9462da2 100644
--- a/opm/core/wells/WellsManager.cpp
+++ b/opm/core/wells/WellsManager.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ namespace Opm
             WellConstPtr well = (*wellIter);
 
             if (well->getStatus(timeStep) == WellCommon::STOP) {
-                // STOPed wells are added to the well list with the given controll and closed.
+                // STOPed wells are kept in the well list but marked as stopped.
                 well_controls_stop_well(w_->ctrls[well_index]);
             }