diff --git a/display.py b/display.py
index 978d6efdd326002cc9ccca1ba8911e10504ed5fc..b89f4a171c3f5e87f9dd4cf9d7b768b5f3af9bc4 100644
--- a/display.py
+++ b/display.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if getattr(C, 'DEFAULT_LOG_PATH'):
         for handler in logging.root.handlers:
             handler.addFilter(FilterBlackList(getattr(C, 'DEFAULT_LOG_FILTER', [])))
     else:
-        print("[WARNING]: log file at %s is not writeable and we cannot create it, aborting\n" % path, file=sys.stderr)
+        print("[WARNING]: log file at '%s' is not writeable and we cannot create it, abort logging.\n" % path, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 # map color to log levels
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Display(with_metaclass(Singleton, object)):
                 self.display("%6d %0.5f [%s]: %s" % (os.getpid(), time.time(), host, msg), color=C.COLOR_DEBUG)
 
     def verbose(self, msg, host=None, caplevel=2):
-
+        """ """
         to_stderr = C.VERBOSE_TO_STDERR
         if self.verbosity > caplevel:
             if host is None:
@@ -333,4 +333,4 @@ class Display(with_metaclass(Singleton, object)):
             tty_size = unpack('HHHH', fcntl.ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, pack('HHHH', 0, 0, 0, 0)))[1]
         else:
             tty_size = 0
-        self.columns = max(79, tty_size - 1)
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+        self.columns = max(79, tty_size - 1)