diff --git a/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile b/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
index d676034..0f96d13 100644
--- a/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
+++ b/cosmo-yices/Dockerfile
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ RUN : \
 COPY --from=downloader /gmp /gmp
 WORKDIR /gmp
 RUN : \
-# don't build this crap. our printf is fine. \
-# (i suppose this cause linking issues further down the \
-#  line, but yices is fine without any of these symbols.) \
+# don't build this crap; our printf is fine. \
+# (i suppose the missing symbols could cause linking errors further \
+#  down the line, but this does not seem to be an issue for yices.) \
  && rm -r printf \
  && shed configure 's_ printf/Makefile _ _g' '/printf\/Makefile/d' \
  && shed Makefile.in 's_ printf _ _g' 's/$(PRINTF_OBJECTS) //g' \