diff --git a/src/Model/Types/Submission.hs b/src/Model/Types/Submission.hs
index 676b64776..3855ef5a9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Types/Submission.hs
+++ b/src/Model/Types/Submission.hs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ data AuthorshipStatementSubmissionState
   deriving (Eq, Read, Show, Enum, Bounded, Generic, Typeable)
   deriving anyclass (Universe, Finite)
 
-deriving stock instance Ord AuthorshipStatementSubmissionState -- ^ Larger roughly encodes better; summaries are taken with `max`
+deriving stock instance Ord AuthorshipStatementSubmissionState -- Larger roughly encodes better; summaries are taken with max
 
 nullaryPathPiece ''AuthorshipStatementSubmissionState $ camelToPathPiece' 1
 pathPieceCsv ''AuthorshipStatementSubmissionState