diff --git a/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index f1958a4c4..b206c4c84 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -456,15 +456,14 @@ opencomputers {
           # The amount of energy a screen consumes per tick. For each lit pixel
           # (each character that is not blank) this cost increases linearly:
           # for basic screens, if all pixels are lit the cost per tick will be
-          # twice as high as this value. Higher tier screens can become even
-          # more expensive to run, due to their higher resolution. If a screen
-          # cannot consume the defined amount of energy it will stop rendering
-          # the text that should be displayed on it. It will *not* forget that
-          # text, however, so when enough power is available again it will
-          # restore the previously displayed text (with any changes possibly
-          # made in the meantime). Note that for multi-block screens *each*
-          # screen that is part of it will consume this amount of energy per
-          # tick.
+          # this value. Higher tier screens can become even more expensive to
+          # run, due to their higher resolution. If a screen cannot consume the
+          # defined amount of energy it will stop rendering the text that
+          # should be displayed on it. It will *not* forget that text, however,
+          # so when enough power is available again it will restore the
+          # previously displayed text (with any changes possibly made in the
+          # meantime). Note that for multi-block screens *each* screen that is
+          # part of it will consume this amount of energy per tick.
           screen: 0.05
 
           # The amount of energy a hologram projetor consumes per tick. This
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Screen.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Screen.scala
index f7a5ed1b4..07769710a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Screen.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Screen.scala
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ class Screen(var tier: Int) extends traits.TextBuffer with SidedEnvironment with
         // The relative lit area is the number of pixels that are not blank
         // versus the number of pixels in the *current* resolution. This is
         // scaled to multi-block screens, since we only compute this for the
-        // origin. We add 1 to make sure we at least consume `screenCost`.
+        // origin.
         val (w, h) = buffer.resolution
-        relativeLitArea = 1 + width * height * buffer.lines.foldLeft(0) {
+        relativeLitArea = width * height * buffer.lines.foldLeft(0) {
           (acc, line) => acc + line.count(' ' !=)
         } / (w * h).toDouble
       }