diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/test/test-timer-device.js b/packages/SwingSet/test/test-timer-device.js
index 926c7fff6752..0c855a49b381 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/test/test-timer-device.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/test/test-timer-device.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { Far } from '@agoric/marshal';
 import { test } from '../tools/prepare-test-env-ava.js';
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/order
+import { Far } from '@agoric/marshal';
 import { makeTimerMap, curryPollFn } from '../src/devices/timer-src.js';
 
 test('multiMap multi store', t => {
diff --git a/packages/marshal/src/passStyleOf.js b/packages/marshal/src/passStyleOf.js
index 730e59be2598..3d74ec6a55e5 100644
--- a/packages/marshal/src/passStyleOf.js
+++ b/packages/marshal/src/passStyleOf.js
@@ -402,12 +402,11 @@ harden(getInterfaceOf);
 export { getInterfaceOf };
 
 /**
- * objects can only be passed in one of two/three forms:
+ * objects can only be passed in one of two forms:
  * 1: pass-by-remote: all properties (own and inherited) are methods,
  *    the object itself is of type object, not function
  * 2: pass-by-copy: all string-named own properties are data, not methods
  *    the object must inherit from objectPrototype or null
- * 3: the empty object is pass-by-remote, for identity comparison
  *
  * all objects must be frozen
  *