diff --git a/src/p_map.c b/src/p_map.c
index d6acf1510..b44b89974 100644
--- a/src/p_map.c
+++ b/src/p_map.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ boolean P_CheckPosition(mobj_t *thing, fixed_t x, fixed_t y)
 			{
 				// If you're inside goowater and slowing down
 				fixed_t sinklevel = FixedMul(thing->info->height/6, thing->scale);
-				fixed_t minspeed = FixedMul(thing->info->height/12, thing->scale);
+				fixed_t minspeed = FixedMul(thing->info->height/9, thing->scale);
 				if (thing->z < *rover->topheight && *rover->bottomheight < thingtop
 				&& abs(thing->momz) < minspeed)
 				{
diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index bf99bdbd5..64aa10a2b 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -2525,10 +2525,8 @@ void P_MobjCheckWater(mobj_t *mobj)
 			return;
 
 		if ((mobj->eflags & MFE_GOOWATER || wasingoo)) { // Decide what happens to your momentum when you enter/leave goopy water.
-			if (wasinwater && P_MobjFlip(mobj)*mobj->momz > 0)
-				mobj->momz = FixedMul(mobj->momz, FixedDiv(9*FRACUNIT, 8*FRACUNIT)); // Give the mobj a little out-of-goo boost.
-			else if (P_MobjFlip(mobj)*mobj->momz < 0)
-				mobj->momz = FixedMul(mobj->momz, FixedDiv(2*FRACUNIT, 5*FRACUNIT)); // KILL its momentum.
+			if (P_MobjFlip(mobj)*mobj->momz < 0) // You are entering the goo?
+				mobj->momz = FixedMul(mobj->momz, FixedDiv(2*FRACUNIT, 5*FRACUNIT)); // kill momentum significantly, to make the goo feel thick.
 		}
 		else if (wasinwater && P_MobjFlip(mobj)*mobj->momz > 0)
 			mobj->momz = FixedMul(mobj->momz, FixedDiv(780*FRACUNIT, 457*FRACUNIT)); // Give the mobj a little out-of-water boost.