diff --git a/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.cpp b/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.cpp
index d8e3f2f3..db9d95b5 100644
--- a/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.cpp
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ Steinberg::IPluginFactory* Vst3PluginBridge::get_plugin_factory() {
             new YaPluginFactoryImpl(*this, std::move(factory_args)));
     }
 
-    // Because we're returning a raw pointer, we have to increas the
-    // reference count ourselves
+    // Because we're returning a raw pointer, we have to increase the reference
+    // count ourselves
     plugin_factory->addRef();
 
     return plugin_factory;
diff --git a/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.h b/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.h
index b4841ee6..44a68eb9 100644
--- a/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.h
+++ b/src/plugin/bridges/vst3.h
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ class Vst3PluginBridge : PluginBridge<Vst3Sockets<std::jthread>> {
     /**
      * When the host loads the module it will call `GetPluginFactory()` which
      * will in turn call this function. The idea is that we return an
-     * `IPluginFactory*` while doing all the reference counting that `IPtr<T>`
-     * would normally do for us ourselves. This means that when the host frees
-     * its last instance of this factory, `plugin_factory` will also be cleared.
+     * `IPluginFactory*` that acts as an owned `IPtr<IPluginFactory>`, so we
+     * have to manually increase the reference count here for every plugin
+     * factory instance we return.
      *
      * @see plugin_factory
      */