diff --git a/kernel/src/memory/Heap.cpp b/kernel/src/memory/Heap.cpp
index 4259e61b..41ddf176 100644
--- a/kernel/src/memory/Heap.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/memory/Heap.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static constexpr int BLOCK_USED = 1 << 0;
 static constexpr int BLOCK_START_MEM = 1 << 1;
 static constexpr int BLOCK_END_MEM = 1 << 2;
 
-static constexpr usize BLOCK_MAGIC = 0x6d616c6c6f63210a; // echo "malloc\!" | hexdump -C
+static constexpr usize BLOCK_MAGIC = 0x6d616c6c6f63210a; // echo 'malloc!' | hexdump -C (includes a newline)
 static constexpr usize BLOCK_DEAD = 0xdeaddeaddeaddead;
 
 static constexpr usize MINIMUM_PAGES_PER_ALLOCATION = 4;