2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
index 8e047f124ee..4afa230e598 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
         trace!(?instance);
 
         let DefKind::Static { nested, .. } = self.tcx.def_kind(def_id) else { bug!() };
-        // Nested statics do not have a type, so pick a random type and let `define_static` figure out
+        // Nested statics do not have a type, so pick a dummy type and let `codegen_static` figure out
         // the llvm type from the actual evaluated initializer.
         let llty = if nested {
             self.type_i8()
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
                 llvm::LLVMRustSetDSOLocal(g, true);
             }
 
-            // As an optimization, all shared statics which do not have interior
-            // mutability are placed into read-only memory.
+            // Forward the allocation's mutability (picked by the const interner) to LLVM.
             if alloc.mutability.is_not() {
                 llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(g, llvm::True);
             }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/mono_item.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/mono_item.rs
index 81ac9571885..29100a64171 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/mono_item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/mono_item.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<'tcx> PreDefineMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'_, 'tcx> {
     ) {
         let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
         let DefKind::Static { nested, .. } = self.tcx.def_kind(def_id) else { bug!() };
-        // Nested statics do not have a type, so pick a random type and let `define_static` figure out
+        // Nested statics do not have a type, so pick a dummy type and let `codegen_static` figure out
         // the llvm type from the actual evaluated initializer.
         let ty = if nested {
             self.tcx.types.unit