diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/network/proxy.py b/qutebrowser/browser/network/proxy.py
index 9a1f80ae8..cefb5d179 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/network/proxy.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/network/proxy.py
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ class ProxyFactory(QNetworkProxyFactory):
         """
         proxy = config.val.content.proxy
         if proxy is configtypes.SYSTEM_PROXY:
-            # On Linux, use "export http_proxy=socks5://host:port" to manually set system proxy
-            # ref. http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qnetworkproxyfactory.html#systemProxyForQuery
+            # On Linux, use "export http_proxy=socks5://host:port"
+            #   to manually set system proxy.
+            # ref. http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qnetworkproxyfactory.html
+            #   look under the systemProxyForQuery() call
             proxies = QNetworkProxyFactory.systemProxyForQuery(query)
         elif isinstance(proxy, pac.PACFetcher):
             proxies = proxy.resolve(query)