diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index f7d193a05..dafbb4ecd 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static void check_dep(char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t **t
 	if (*tail)
 		(*tail)->m_next = find;
 	find->m_prev = *tail;
-	/*find->m_next = NULL; - xzalloc did it */
+	find->m_next = NULL; /* possibly NOT done by xzalloc! */
 
 	if (!*head)
 		*head = find;
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 2bf5b5c80..da63ced42 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -536,10 +536,20 @@ static void do_syslogd(void)
 		while (1) {
 			if (sz == 0)
 				goto read_again;
-			if (G.recvbuf[sz-1])
+			/* man 3 syslog says: "A trailing newline is added when needed".
+			 * However, neither glibc nor uclibc do this:
+			 * syslog(prio, "test")   sends "test\0" to /dev/log,
+			 * syslog(prio, "test\n") sends "test\n\0",
+			 * IOW: newline is passed verbatim!
+			 * I take it to mean that it's syslogd's job
+			 * to make those look identical in the log files */
+			if (G.recvbuf[sz-1] && G.recvbuf[sz-1] != '\n')
 				break;
 			sz--;
 		}
+		/* Maybe we need to add '\n' here, not later?
+		 * It looks like stock syslogd does send '\n' over network,
+		 * but we do not (see sendto below) */
 		G.recvbuf[sz] = '\0'; /* make sure it *is* NUL terminated */
 
 		/* TODO: maybe suppress duplicates? */