diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
index 0f2b01c0a2..c1c9cba1b7 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ extern "C" {
  * This allows an app to programmatically halt ("break") the debugger as if it
  * had hit a breakpoint, allowing the developer to examine program state, etc.
  *
- * This is a macro and not first class functions so that the debugger breaks
- * on the source code line that used SDL_TriggerBreakpoint and not in some
- * random guts of SDL. SDL_assert uses this macro for the same reason.
+ * This is a macro--not a function--so that the debugger breaks on the source
+ * code line that used SDL_TriggerBreakpoint and not in some random guts of
+ * SDL. SDL_assert uses this macro for the same reason.
  *
  * If the program is not running under a debugger, SDL_TriggerBreakpoint will
  * likely terminate the app, possibly without warning. If the current platform