diff --git a/qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py b/qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py
index 583a65707..72f5c5027 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class HintKeyParser(keyparser.CommandKeyParser):
             True if event has been handled, False otherwise.
         """
         # FIXME rewrite this
+        # FIXME should backspacing be a more generic hint feature?
         log.keyboard.debug("Got special key 0x{:x} text {}".format(
             e.key(), e.text()))
         hintmanager = objreg.get('hintmanager', scope='tab',
diff --git a/tests/end2end/features/hints.feature b/tests/end2end/features/hints.feature
index eb6a24df9..a2ac468d0 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/features/hints.feature
+++ b/tests/end2end/features/hints.feature
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Feature: Using hints
         And I set hints.auto_follow to unique-match
         And I set hints.auto_follow_timeout to 0
         And I hint with args "all"
-        And I press the keys "ten pos"
+        And I press the keys "ten p"
         Then data/numbers/11.txt should be loaded
 
     Scenario: Scattering is ignored with number hints