diff --git a/doc/api/readline.md b/doc/api/readline.md
index 272481a9f155c3..04233f1a591d44 100644
--- a/doc/api/readline.md
+++ b/doc/api/readline.md
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ const { createInterface } = require('readline');
   <tr>
     <td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>shift</code> + <code>delete</code></td>
     <td>Delete line right</td>
-    <td>Doesn't work on Linux and Mac</td>
+    <td>Doesn't work on Mac</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>c</code></td>
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ const { createInterface } = require('readline');
     + <code>backspace</code></td>
     <td>Delete backwards to a word boundary</td>
     <td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>backspace</code> Doesn't
-    work as expected on Windows</td>
+    work on Linux, Mac and Windows</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>delete</code></td>
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index 4684fe91068b5c..7d44dd2366cf39 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -855,6 +855,8 @@ Interface.prototype._ttyWrite = function(s, key) {
   if (key.ctrl && key.shift) {
     /* Control and shift pressed */
     switch (key.name) {
+      // TODO(BridgeAR): The transmitted escape sequence is `\b` and that is
+      // identical to <ctrl>-h. It should have a unique escape sequence.
       case 'backspace':
         this._deleteLineLeft();
         break;
@@ -952,8 +954,10 @@ Interface.prototype._ttyWrite = function(s, key) {
         }
         break;
 
-      // TODO(BridgeAR): This seems broken?
       case 'w': // Delete backwards to a word boundary
+      // TODO(BridgeAR): The transmitted escape sequence is `\b` and that is
+      // identical to <ctrl>-h. It should have a unique escape sequence.
+      // Falls through
       case 'backspace':
         this._deleteWordLeft();
         break;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
index 454b1920f00aee..73af4b3e226929 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
@@ -957,8 +957,6 @@ assertDeepAndStrictEqual(obj1, obj2);
 
 // Check proxies.
 {
-  // TODO(BridgeAR): Check if it would not be better to detect proxies instead
-  // of just using the proxy value.
   const arrProxy = new Proxy([1, 2], {});
   assert.deepStrictEqual(arrProxy, [1, 2]);
   const tmp = util.inspect.defaultOptions;