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diff --git a/Src/utils.c b/Src/utils.c
index 45f8286df..fc2b1920e 100644
--- a/Src/utils.c
+++ b/Src/utils.c
@@ -5180,11 +5180,15 @@ mb_metastrlenend(char *ptr, int width, char *eptr)
if (ret == MB_INCOMPLETE) {
/*
- * "num_in_char" is only used for incomplete characters. The
- * assumption is that we will output this ocatet as a single
+ * "num_in_char" is only used for incomplete characters.
+ * The assumption is that we will output all trailing octets
+ * that form part of an incomplete character as a single
* character (of single width) if we don't get a complete
- * character; if we do get a complete character, num_in_char
- * becomes irrelevant and is set to zero.
+ * character. This is purely pragmatic --- I'm not aware
+ * of a standard way of dealing with incomplete characters.
+ *
+ * If we do get a complete character, num_in_char
+ * becomes irrelevant and is set to zero
*
* This is in contrast to "num" which counts the characters
* or widths in complete characters. The two are summed,
@@ -5216,8 +5220,8 @@ mb_metastrlenend(char *ptr, int width, char *eptr)
}
}
- /* If incomplete, treat remainder as trailing single bytes */
- return num + num_in_char;
+ /* If incomplete, treat remainder as trailing single character */
+ return num + (num_in_char ? 1 : 0);
}
/*