diff --git a/daemon/src/fileutils.cpp b/daemon/src/fileutils.cpp
index dab0a6e3f13bbb728c62ae9c3beb1070f729c0b8..744d002fb99c47c17e81cebe93c433aa4fb20d22 100644
--- a/daemon/src/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/fileutils.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ bool create_pidfile()
     std::string pidfile = path + "/" PIDFILE;
     FILE *fp = fopen(pidfile.c_str(),"r");
 
-    if (fp) { // PID file exists. Check the former process still alive or not. If alive, give user a hint.
+    if (fp) {
+        // PID file exists. Check if the former process is still alive or
+        // not. If alive, give user a hint.
         int oldPid;
 
         if (fscanf(fp, "%d", &oldPid) != 1) {