diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index 04cbeede4..3361ae77d 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
         expect(editor.getSelectedBufferRanges()).toEqual [[[0, 0], [0, 3]]]
 
     describe ".consolidateSelections()", ->
-      it "destroys all selections until the first, original, selections returning true if any selections were destroyed", ->
+      it "destroys all selections but the least recent, returning true if any selections were destroyed", ->
         editor.setSelectedBufferRange([[3, 16], [3, 21]])
         selection1 = editor.getLastSelection()
         selection2 = editor.addSelectionForBufferRange([[3, 25], [3, 34]])
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index ef3b18a92..df38d0bcd 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     @consolidateSelections()
     @getLastSelection().clear(options)
 
-  # Reduce multiple selections to the first, original selection.
+  # Reduce multiple selections to the least recently added selection.
   consolidateSelections: ->
     selections = @getSelections()
     if selections.length > 1