diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index b416e2ff28..b0ead3c420 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
         //turn each into their canonical tag
         //this is needed to remove dupes before saving e.g. #hash.tag = #hashtag
         for($i=0; $i<count($hashtags); $i++) {
+            /* elide characters we don't want in the tag */
             $hashtags[$i] = common_canonical_tag($hashtags[$i]);
         }
 
         foreach(array_unique($hashtags) as $hashtag) {
-            /* elide characters we don't want in the tag */
             $this->saveTag($hashtag);
             self::blow('profile:notice_ids_tagged:%d:%s', $this->profile_id, $hashtag);
         }