diff --git a/ox-blackfriday.el b/ox-blackfriday.el
index 2002be9..3e5cf4e 100644
--- a/ox-blackfriday.el
+++ b/ox-blackfriday.el
@@ -1119,9 +1119,7 @@ contextual information."
                (lambda (m)
                  (org-html--make-string (length m) " "))
                ret))
-         (ret (format "<p class=\"verse\">\n%s</p>" ;See footnote 1
-                      ret)))
-
+         (ret (format "<p class=\"verse\">\n%s</p>" ret)))
     ret))