diff --git a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
index fcee57e877b437d74937d8da15201ec4dc151b25..6f99c24f551d09d8463b291cb0647e1e2efa9014 100644
--- a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
+++ b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
@@ -9,24 +9,27 @@ define base::syslog::config::rsyslog(
     $replace         = true,
     $use_syslog_conf = true,
 ) {
+
+  # Install the last chance syslog handling.  This is either in
+  # /etc/syslog.conf (depreciated) or in a rsyslog fragment.
   if $use_syslog_conf {
     base::syslog::config::syslog {'/etc/syslog.conf':
       ensure => present,
     }
   } else {
-      file {
-        '/etc/syslog.conf':
-          ensure => absent;
-        '/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf':
-          ensure  => present,
-          source  => 'puppet:///modules/base/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf',
-          owner   => $owner,
-          group   => $group,
-          mode    => $mode;
-      }
+    file {
+      '/etc/syslog.conf':
+        ensure => absent;
+      '/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf':
+        ensure  => present,
+        source  => 'puppet:///modules/base/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf',
+        owner   => $owner,
+        group   => $group,
+        mode    => $mode;
     }
   }
 
+  # Template for the base rsyslog configuration.
   if $source {
     $template = undef
   } else {