diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 57148d31b..23a977a46 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ add_executable(${EXECUTABLE} ${WEECHAT_CURSES_MAIN_SRC})
 
 add_dependencies(${EXECUTABLE} weechat_gui_curses)
 
-# Because of a linker bug, we have to link 2 times with libweechat_core.a
+# Due to circular references, we must link two times with libweechat_core.a
 target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE} ${STATIC_LIBS} weechat_gui_curses ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${STATIC_LIBS})
 
 install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
index b31073f39..18afc2fd3 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ lib_weechat_gui_curses_a_SOURCES = gui-curses-bar-window.c \
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = weechat
 
-# Because of a linker bug, we have to link 2 times with lib_weechat_core.a
-# (and it must be 2 different path/names to be kept by linker)
+# Due to circular references, we must link two times with libweechat_core.a
+# (and with two different path/names to be kept by linker)
 weechat_LDADD = ./../../core/lib_weechat_core.a \
                 ../../plugins/lib_weechat_plugins.a \
                 ../lib_weechat_gui_common.a \