diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
index ee3ddf92c0e..d8c80c8b3fe 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 
 // Do species-specific reagent handling here
 // Return 1 if it should do normal processing too
-// (It's better form to return ..() when processing normally if you're using it as a child proc) - Marcellus
+// Return the parent value if processing does not explicitly stop
 // Return 0 if it shouldn't deplete and do its normal effect
 // Other return values will cause weird badness
 /datum/species/proc/handle_reagents(mob/living/carbon/human/H, datum/reagent/R)