diff --git a/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.c b/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.c
index 06646a0..627efdb 100644
--- a/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.c
+++ b/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ vbuf_append(struct vbuffer *restrict vbuf, const void *data, size_t n)
 	}
 	(void)memcpy(vbuf->data + vbuf->len, data, n);
 	vbuf->len += n;
-	vbuf->data[vbuf->len] = '\0'; /* the reserved byte */
+	/* null-byte is reserved by vbuf_alloc() */
+	vbuf->data[vbuf->len] = '\0';
 	return vbuf;
 }
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ vbuf_vappendf(struct vbuffer *restrict vbuf, const char *format, va_list args)
 
 	va_list args0;
 	va_copy(args0, args);
+	/* null-byte is reserved by vbuf_alloc() */
 	int ret = vsnprintf(b, maxlen + 1, format, args0);
 	va_end(args0);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
diff --git a/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.h b/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.h
index 609610a..8da021a 100644
--- a/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.h
+++ b/contrib/csnippets/utils/buffer.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ vbuf_alloc(struct vbuffer *restrict vbuf, const size_t cap)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	const size_t len = (vbuf != NULL) ? vbuf->len : 0;
-	/* with a null-byte */
+	/* reserve 1 byte for null terminator */
 	struct vbuffer *restrict newbuf =
 		realloc(vbuf, sizeof(struct vbuffer) + cap + 1);
 	if (newbuf == NULL) {