diff --git a/slk/repl/repl_functionality.py b/slk/repl/repl_functionality.py
index fa1cb9e..08245d0 100644
--- a/slk/repl/repl_functionality.py
+++ b/slk/repl/repl_functionality.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_pending_tx_info(
                 for t in pending:
                     amt = t["amount"]
                     if is_xrp(amt):
-                        amt = format(drops_to_xrp(amt), ",.6f")
+                        amt = drops_to_xrp(amt)
                     if not verbose:
                         pending_info = {
                             "chain": short_chain_name,
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ def get_balances_data(
             chain.substitute_nicknames(chain_res)
             if not in_drops and chain_res["currency"] == "XRP":
                 chain_res["balance"] = drops_to_xrp(chain_res["balance"])
+                # TODO: do this in a neater way (by removing this extra formatting)
+                # when https://github.com/astanin/python-tabulate/pull/176 is approved
                 chain_res["balance"] = format(chain_res["balance"], ",.6f")
             else:
                 try: