@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ def quote(s, *, force=False):
     safe_chars = (b'%+,-./0123456789:=@'
                   b'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_'
                   b'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+    # No quoting is needed if we are not forcing quoting
+    # and `s` is an ASCII string consisting only of `safe_chars`.
     if (not force
         and s.isascii() and not s.encode().translate(None, delete=safe_chars)):
-        # No quoting is needed if we are not forcing quoting
-        # and `s` is an ASCII string consisting only of `safe_chars`.
         return s
 
     # use single quotes, and put single quotes into double quotes