diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index 144e1f3ca..31e80345e 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ where
             KeyEvent {
                 code: KeyCode::Enter,
                 ..
-            } => '\n', // TODO: we should be calling doc.line_ending() here
+            } => '\n', 
             KeyEvent {
                 code: KeyCode::Char(ch),
                 ..
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ pub fn replace(cx: &mut Context) {
             KeyEvent {
                 code: KeyCode::Enter,
                 ..
-            } => Some('\n'), // TODO: we should be calling doc.line_ending() here
+            } => Some('\n'),
             _ => None,
         };
 
diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 5f61f05a6..c15a42abc 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ impl Document {
         self.diagnostics = diagnostics;
     }
 
-    pub fn line_ending(&self) -> &str {
+    pub fn line_ending(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self.line_ending {
             LineEnding::Crlf => "\u{000D}\u{000A}",
             LineEnding::LF => "\u{000A}",