diff --git a/libretro-common/include/libretro.h b/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
index 241f1006d6..60c0c86f94 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/libretro.h
@@ -984,8 +984,6 @@ struct retro_hw_render_context_negotiation_interface
 /* The core must spend some time initializing before serialization is
  * supported. */
 #define RETRO_SERIALIZATION_QUIRK_MUST_INITIALIZE (1 << 1)
-/* If MUST_INITIALIZE is set, this should also be set if initialization is
- * in progress. */
 /* Serialization size may change within a session. */
 #define RETRO_SERIALIZATION_QUIRK_CORE_VARIABLE_SIZE (1 << 2)
 /* Set by the frontend to acknowledge that it supports variable-sized
@@ -993,8 +991,8 @@ struct retro_hw_render_context_negotiation_interface
 #define RETRO_SERIALIZATION_QUIRK_FRONT_VARIABLE_SIZE (1 << 3)
 /* Serialized state can only be loaded during the same session. */
 #define RETRO_SERIALIZATION_QUIRK_SINGLE_SESSION (1 << 4)
-/* Serialized state cannot be loaded on a different architecture from the
- * one it was saved on. */
+/* Serialized state cannot be loaded on a different architecture from the one
+ * it was saved on, typically due to endianness or word length issues. */
 #define RETRO_SERIALIZATION_QUIRK_ARCHITECTURE_DEPENDENT (1 << 5)
 
 #define RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_SERIALIZATION_QUIRKS 44
diff --git a/network/netplay/netplay.c b/network/netplay/netplay.c
index e5aa7402fa..5dede24636 100644
--- a/network/netplay/netplay.c
+++ b/network/netplay/netplay.c
@@ -1439,16 +1439,16 @@ bool init_netplay(bool is_spectate, const char *server, unsigned port)
 
    /* Map the core's quirks to our quirks */
    serialization_quirks = core_serialization_quirks();
-   if ((serialization_quirks & ~((uint64_t) NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_UNDERSTOOD)))
+   if (serialization_quirks & ~((uint64_t) NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_UNDERSTOOD))
    {
       /* Quirks we don't support! Just disable everything. */
       quirks |= NETPLAY_QUIRK_NO_SAVESTATES;
    }
-   if ((serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_NO_SAVESTATES))
+   if (serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_NO_SAVESTATES)
       quirks |= NETPLAY_QUIRK_NO_SAVESTATES;
-   if ((serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_NO_TRANSMISSION))
+   if (serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_NO_TRANSMISSION)
       quirks |= NETPLAY_QUIRK_NO_TRANSMISSION;
-   if ((serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_INITIALIZATION))
+   if (serialization_quirks & NETPLAY_QUIRK_MAP_INITIALIZATION)
       quirks |= NETPLAY_QUIRK_INITIALIZATION;
 
    if (netplay_is_client)