diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuPerformanceCalculator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuPerformanceCalculator.cs
index 5d787758aa..54ec074be8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuPerformanceCalculator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/OsuPerformanceCalculator.cs
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
 
             aimValue *= lengthBonus;
 
-            // Penalize misses exponentially. This mainly fixes tag4 maps and the likes until a per-hitobject solution is available
+            // Penalize misses by assessing # of misses relative to the total # of objects. Default a 3% reduction for any # of misses.
             if (countMiss > 0)
-                aimValue *= .97 * Math.Pow(1 - Math.Pow((double)countMiss / (double)totalHits, .775), Math.Pow(countMiss, .75));
+                aimValue *= 0.97 * Math.Pow(1 - Math.Pow((double)countMiss / (double)totalHits, 0.775), countMiss);
 
             // Combo scaling
             if (Attributes.MaxCombo > 0)
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty
                                  (totalHits > 2000 ? Math.Log10(totalHits / 2000.0) * 0.5 : 0.0);
             speedValue *= lengthBonus;
 
-            // Penalize misses exponentially. This mainly fixes tag4 maps and the likes until a per-hitobject solution is available
+            // Penalize misses by assessing # of misses relative to the total # of objects. Default a 3% reduction for any # of misses.
             if (countMiss > 0)
-                speedValue *= .97 * Math.Pow(1 - Math.Pow((double)countMiss / (double)totalHits, .775), Math.Pow(countMiss, 1));
+                speedValue *= 0.97 * Math.Pow(1 - Math.Pow((double)countMiss / (double)totalHits, 0.775), countMiss);
 
             // Combo scaling
             if (Attributes.MaxCombo > 0)