--- a/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
@@ -516,13 +516,10 @@
     return hs;
 }
 
-/** 
- * @param whole is like "base value ; attr1 = somthing; attr2 = somethelse"
- * There is no way to escape a semi-colon inside whole
- */
 bool RclConfig::valueSplitAttributes(const string& whole, string& value, 
-                              ConfSimple& attrs)
-{
+				     ConfSimple& attrs)
+{
+    /* There is currently no way to escape a semi-colon */
     string::size_type semicol0 = whole.find_first_of(";");
     value = whole.substr(0, semicol0);
     string attrstr;