diff --git a/userspace/falco/outputs_file.cpp b/userspace/falco/outputs_file.cpp
index f6f836fb..d62cb081 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/outputs_file.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/outputs_file.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ void falco::outputs::output_file::cleanup()
 {
 	if(m_outfile.is_open())
 	{
-		m_outfile.flush();
 		m_outfile.close();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/userspace/falco/outputs_syslog.cpp b/userspace/falco/outputs_syslog.cpp
index 7deed532..6780d70a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/outputs_syslog.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/outputs_syslog.cpp
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ void falco::outputs::output_syslog::output_event(gen_event *evt, std::string &ru
 
 void falco::outputs::output_syslog::output_msg(falco_common::priority_type priority, std::string &msg)
 {
+	// Syslog output should not have any trailing newline
 	::syslog(priority, "%s", msg.c_str());
 }