diff --git a/src/jsx_common.hrl b/src/jsx_common.hrl
index 5baadc5..2603217 100644
--- a/src/jsx_common.hrl
+++ b/src/jsx_common.hrl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -record(opts, {
     loose_unicode = false,
     encoding = auto,
-    escape_forward_slash = false,   %% does nothing, used by encoder
+    escape_forward_slash = false,
     iterate = false
 }).