diff --git a/src/xspice/mif/mifgetvalue.c b/src/xspice/mif/mifgetvalue.c
index 2d873b465..9a48f13b1 100644
--- a/src/xspice/mif/mifgetvalue.c
+++ b/src/xspice/mif/mifgetvalue.c
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ static IFcomplex MIFget_complex(char *token, Mif_Token_Type_t token_type,
         return(ctemp);
     }
 
-    /* get the real part */
+    /* the incoming 'token' is the opening < delimiter 
+       and will not handled furthermore */
+
+   /* get the real part */
     token = MIFget_token(line, &token_type);
     if(token_type != MIF_STRING_TOK) {
         *err = msg;