diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 8cdb4c29..7a32ed82 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	- determine whether or not margins count in preferredSize() when there is no main control
 - menu item state change while the menu is visible (not in response to user action)
 	- OS X: requires an [NSMenu update] call after changing state
-	- Windows: requires getting current menu state when amending it; see relevant line in windows/menu.c
+	- Windows: requires getting current menu state when amending it in sync()
 - figure out where we should return HRESULTs
 - Windows: don't abort if a cleanup function fails?
 - should uiWindowOnClosing() really return an int?
diff --git a/windows/menu.c b/windows/menu.c
index 9c467941..f0835ce7 100644
--- a/windows/menu.c
+++ b/windows/menu.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static void sync(struct menuItem *item)
 	uintmax_t i;
 	MENUITEMINFOW mi;
 
-	// TODO do we need to get the current state and amend it?
 	ZeroMemory(&mi, sizeof (MENUITEMINFOW));
 	mi.cbSize = sizeof (MENUITEMINFOW);
 	mi.fMask = MIIM_STATE;