diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-processing.R b/tests/testthat/helper-processing.R
index 650505a10..0d1637d9a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper-processing.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-processing.R
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-# utility for checking the output of knotr
-#
-# @param object R object to evaluate
-# @param file the filename to have things escaped
+# This helper allows me to properly check the output of knitr without running
+# afoul of the weird escapes it has
 processing_ <- function (file) {
   sprintf("processing file: .+?%s", sub("\\.", "\\\\.", basename(file)))
 }