diff --git a/src/cpu/pred/tournament.cc b/src/cpu/pred/tournament.cc
index 319606871..96f03eb30 100644
--- a/src/cpu/pred/tournament.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/pred/tournament.cc
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ TournamentBP::lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void * &bp_history)
 
     assert(local_history_idx < localHistoryTableSize);
 
-    // Commented code is for doing speculative update of counters and
-    // all histories.
+    // Speculative update of the global history and the
+    // selected local history.
     if (choice_prediction) {
         if (global_prediction) {
             updateGlobalHistTaken(tid);
diff --git a/src/cpu/pred/tournament.hh b/src/cpu/pred/tournament.hh
index 3aa17e030..0febd21bc 100644
--- a/src/cpu/pred/tournament.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/pred/tournament.hh
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@
  * used in the 21264.  It has a local predictor, which uses a local history
  * table to index into a table of counters, and a global predictor, which
  * uses a global history to index into a table of counters.  A choice
- * predictor chooses between the two.  Only the global history register
- * is speculatively updated, the rest are updated upon branches committing
- * or misspeculating.
+ * predictor chooses between the two.  Both the global history register
+ * and the selected local history are speculatively updated.
  */
 class TournamentBP : public BPredUnit
 {