diff --git a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
index e1f413cf2a..b0c65784d7 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimptextstyleeditor.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ gimp_text_style_editor_update_idle (GimpTextStyleEditor *editor)
       else
         gimp_text_style_editor_set_kerning (editor, kerning_tag);
     }
-  else
+  else /* no selection */
     {
       GtkTextIter  cursor;
       GSList      *tags;