diff --git a/React/Base/RCTTouchHandler.m b/React/Base/RCTTouchHandler.m
index 5c6333f21..eb902b8eb 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTTouchHandler.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTTouchHandler.m
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static BOOL RCTAnyTouchesChanged(NSSet *touches)
 {
   [super touchesBegan:touches withEvent:event];
 
-  // "start" has to record new touches beforeckirjiuhucekbebjditeucultigvijfe extracting the event.
+  // "start" has to record new touches before extracting the event.
   // "end"/"cancel" needs to remove the touch *after* extracting the event.
   [self _recordNewTouches:touches];
   if (_dispatchedInitialTouches) {
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTSliderManager.m b/React/Views/RCTSliderManager.m
index 694e8855b..60f65aa68 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTSliderManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTSliderManager.m
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 {
   RCTSlider *slider = [RCTSlider new];
   [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderValueChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
-  [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderTouchEnd:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
-  [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderTouchEnd:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpOutside];
+  [slider addTarget:self action:@selector(sliderTouchEnd:) forControlEvents:(UIControlEventTouchUpInside |
+                                                                             UIControlEventTouchUpOutside |
+                                                                             UIControlEventTouchCancel)];
   return slider;
 }