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diff --git a/tos/chips/msp430/msp430hardware.h b/tos/chips/msp430/msp430hardware.h
index 829f2bd8..e5406c5b 100644
--- a/tos/chips/msp430/msp430hardware.h
+++ b/tos/chips/msp430/msp430hardware.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void __nesc_atomic_end(__nesc_atomic_t reenable_interrupts);
 
 #ifndef NESC_BUILD_BINARY
 /* @spontaneous() functions should not be included when NESC_BUILD_BINARY
-   is #defined, to avoid duplicate functions definitions wheb binary
+   is #defined, to avoid duplicate functions definitions when binary
    components are used. Such functions do need a prototype in all cases,
    though. */
 __nesc_atomic_t __nesc_atomic_start(void) @spontaneous() @safe()
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@ void __nesc_atomic_end(__nesc_atomic_t reenable_interrupts) @spontaneous() @safe
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Floating-point network-type support */
+/* Floating-point network-type support.
+   These functions must convert to/from a 32-bit big-endian integer that follows
+   the layout of Java's java.lang.float.floatToRawIntBits method.
+   Conveniently, for the MSP430 family, this is a straight byte copy...
+*/
+
 typedef float nx_float __attribute__((nx_base_be(afloat)));
 
 inline float __nesc_ntoh_afloat(const void *COUNT(sizeof(float)) source) @safe() {