diff --git a/htroot/News.java b/htroot/News.java
index d9486e300..dd118fdae 100644
--- a/htroot/News.java
+++ b/htroot/News.java
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ public class News {
                 }
                 yacyNewsRecord record;
                 try {
-//                    if ((tableID == yacyNewsPool.PROCESSED_DB) || (tableID == yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB)) {
-//                        yacyCore.newsPool.clear(tableID);
-//                    } else {
+                    if ((tableID == yacyNewsPool.PROCESSED_DB) || (tableID == yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB)) {
+                        yacyCore.newsPool.clear(tableID);
+                    } else {
                         while (yacyCore.newsPool.size(tableID) > 0) {
                             record = yacyCore.newsPool.get(tableID, 0);
                             yacyCore.newsPool.moveOff(tableID, record.id());
                         }
-//                    }
+                    }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index 13b49c933..bbbcc6f76 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
     }
     
     public void clear(int dbKey) {
-        // this is called if a queue element shall be moved to another queue or off the queue
-        // it depends on the dbKey how the record is handled
+        // clear a table
         switch (dbKey) {
             case INCOMING_DB:	incomingNews.clear(); break;
             case PROCESSED_DB:  processedNews.clear(); break;