diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/Cells/OWSMessageCell.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/Cells/OWSMessageCell.m
index 8e474d0bf..e6e193c5f 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/Cells/OWSMessageCell.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/Cells/OWSMessageCell.m
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
         return;
     }
     maskedSubview.frame = self.bounds;
-    // The JSQ masks are RTL-safe, so we need to invert the
+    // The JSQ masks are not RTL-safe, so we need to invert the
     // mask orientation manually.
     BOOL hasOutgoingMask = self.isOutgoing ^ self.isRTL;
     [JSQMessagesMediaViewBubbleImageMasker applyBubbleImageMaskToMediaView:maskedSubview isOutgoing:hasOutgoingMask];
diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputTextView.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputTextView.m
index 99341f75e..a1b12a7e8 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputTextView.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputTextView.m
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
         self.placeholderView.text = NSLocalizedString(@"new_message", @"");
         self.placeholderView.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
         self.placeholderView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
-        self.placeholderView.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentNatural;
         [self addSubview:self.placeholderView];
 
         // We need to do these steps _after_ placeholderView is configured.