diff --git a/syslog.js b/syslog.js
index 94ccac3b5..e83c6378c 100755
--- a/syslog.js
+++ b/syslog.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function parseRFC5424Message(rawMessage) {
     const { priority, version, timestamp, hostname, appName, procId, msgId, structuredData, message } = match.groups;
 
     return {
-        pri: parseInt(priority, 10),          // priority
+        pri: parseInt(priority, 10),     // priority
         version: parseInt(version, 10),  // version
         timestamp,                       // timestamp
         hostname,                        // hostname
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function start() {
 
     gServer.on('connection', function (socket) {
         socket.on('data', function (data) {
-            const msg = data.toString('utf8').trim(); // strip any trailing empty new lines
+            const msg = data.toString('utf8').trim(); // strip any trailing empty new lines. it's unclear why we get it in the first place
             for (const line of msg.split('\n')) { // empirically, multiple messages can arrive in a single packet
                 const info = parseRFC5424Message(line);
                 if (!info) return debug(`Unable to parse: [${msg}]`);