diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/codecs.h b/Objects/stringlib/codecs.h
index 43f2f32..f019d9a 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/codecs.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/codecs.h
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
             case _Py_ERROR_REPLACE:
                 memset(p, '?', endpos - startpos);
                 p += (endpos - startpos);
-                /* fall through the ignore handler */
+                /* fall through */
             case _Py_ERROR_IGNORE:
                 i += (endpos - startpos - 1);
                 break;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
                 }
                 startpos = k;
                 assert(startpos < endpos);
-                /* fall through the default handler */
+                /* fall through */
             default:
                 rep = unicode_encode_call_errorhandler(
                       errors, &error_handler_obj, "utf-8", "surrogates not allowed",