diff --git a/readthedocsext/theme/templates/includes/utils/messages.html b/readthedocsext/theme/templates/includes/utils/messages.html
index 28b7a1bd..8df062a7 100644
--- a/readthedocsext/theme/templates/includes/utils/messages.html
+++ b/readthedocsext/theme/templates/includes/utils/messages.html
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
         {{ message }}
       </div>
     {% else %}
-      {#
+      {% comment %}
         This is a little bit of a hack, as toasts are purely JS and don't
         require an underlying element. Django messages uses "tags" to specify
         info/success/error classes on the messages, which just happen to align
         with SUI classes too.
-      #}
+      {% endcomment %}
       {% spaceless %}
         <div style="display: none;"
              data-bind="