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diff --git a/src/client/io.h b/src/client/io.h
index 4db04cf..12a56c0 100644
--- a/src/client/io.h
+++ b/src/client/io.h
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 /* src/client/io.h
+ *
+ * This file is part of PlomRogue. PlomRogue is licensed under the GPL version 3
+ * or any later version. For details on its copyright, license, and warranties,
+ * see the file NOTICE in the root directory of the PlomRogue source package.
  *
  * Communication of the client with the server (by reading and writing files)
  * and the user (by writing to the screen and reading keypresses).
@@ -16,16 +20,20 @@
  */
 extern void send(char * msg);
 
-/* Keep checking for user input, a changed worldstate file and the server's
- * wakefulness. Update client's world representation on worldstate file changes.
- * Manipulate the client and send commands to server based on the user input as
- * interpreted by the control.h library.
+/* Keep checking for user input, a changed worldstate file, and queue input from
+ * the server's out file. Update client's world representation on worldstate
+ * file changes. Manipulate the client and send commands to server based on the
+ * user input as interpreted by the control.h library.
  *
  * On each change / activity, re-draw the windows with draw_all_wins(). When the
  * loop ends regularly (due to the user sending a quit command), return an
  * appropriate quit message to write to stdout when the client winds down. Call
  * reset_windows() on receiving a SIGWINCH. Abort on assumed server death if the
- * server's out file does not get updated, even on PING requests.
+ * server's out file does not get updated, even on PING requests. Re-focus map
+ * view on player. Messages from the out file are put together on the queue
+ * first, from which only complete (\n-delimited) messages are read. Queues of
+ * messages are worked through completely / emptied before any re-drawing or
+ * further server polling happens.
  */
 extern char * io_loop();