diff --git a/include/wx/filename.h b/include/wx/filename.h
index 3da10d0384..7bb7a09460 100644
--- a/include/wx/filename.h
+++ b/include/wx/filename.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ enum wxPathFormat
 enum wxPathNormalize
 {
     wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001,  // replace env vars with their values
-    wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     = 0x0002,  // squeeze all .. and . and prepend cwd
+    wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     = 0x0002,  // squeeze all .. and .
     wxPATH_NORM_TILDE    = 0x0004,  // Unix only: replace ~ and ~user
     wxPATH_NORM_CASE     = 0x0008,  // if case insensitive => tolower
     wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010,  // make the path absolute
diff --git a/interface/wx/filename.h b/interface/wx/filename.h
index e4bd0a4dca..be88a2631e 100644
--- a/interface/wx/filename.h
+++ b/interface/wx/filename.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum wxPathNormalize
     //! and in addition under Windows @c "%var%" is also.
     wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS = 0x0001,
 
-    wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     = 0x0002,  //!< Squeeze all @c ".." and @c "." and prepend the current working directory.
+    wxPATH_NORM_DOTS     = 0x0002,  //!< Squeeze all @c ".." and @c ".".
     wxPATH_NORM_TILDE    = 0x0004,  //!< Replace @c "~" and @c "~user" (Unix only).
     wxPATH_NORM_CASE     = 0x0008,  //!< If the platform is case insensitive, make lowercase the path.
     wxPATH_NORM_ABSOLUTE = 0x0010,  //!< Make the path absolute.