diff --git a/core/wiki/macros/toc.tid b/core/wiki/macros/toc.tid
index b25adb3f9..d2d2767f3 100644
--- a/core/wiki/macros/toc.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/macros/toc.tid
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ The very first toc macro is _not_ reused. So it can be used as a simple referenc
 \procedure toc-includeField() toc-include
 \procedure toc-filterField()  toc-filter
 
-<!-- helper functions for li class definitions -->
+<!-- helper functions for li class definitions on the branch level -->
 \function tf.toc-itemClassFilter() [<selectedTiddler>get[text]match<currentTiddler>then[toc-item-selected]else[toc-item]]
-\function tf.toc-includeClass()    [subfilter<tf.toc-include>match<currentTiddler>then[toc-item-include]]
-\function tf.toc-filterClass()     [subfilter<tf.toc-filter>match<currentTiddler>then[toc-item-filter]]
-\function tf.toc-hideClass()       [<tf.toc-hide>!is[blank]then[toc-item-hide]]
+\function tf.toc-includeClass()    [subfilter<tf.toc-include>match<currentTiddler>then[tc-toc-include]]
+\function tf.toc-filterClass()     [subfilter<tf.toc-filter>match<currentTiddler>then[tc-toc-filter]]
+\function tf.toc-hideClass()       [<tf.toc-hide>!is[blank]then[tc-toc-hide]]
 <!-- join the CSS definitions from above -->
 \function tf.toc-itemClass()       [<tf.toc-itemClassFilter>] [<tf.toc-includeClass>] [<tf.toc-filterClass>] [<tf.toc-hideClass>] +[join[ ]]