diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index 6a28d53b31..624e299633 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -2400,6 +2400,9 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None,
     :param fmt: Override log format
     :return: an instance of ``LogAdapter``
     """
+    # note: log_name is typically specified in conf (i.e. defined by
+    # operators), whereas log_route is typically hard-coded in callers of
+    # get_logger (i.e. defined by developers)
     if not conf:
         conf = {}
     if name is None:
diff --git a/swift/container/sync.py b/swift/container/sync.py
index 4c50bf7bd6..874edccd71 100644
--- a/swift/container/sync.py
+++ b/swift/container/sync.py
@@ -51,52 +51,24 @@ from swift.common.middleware.versioned_writes.object_versioning import (
 # requiring deployment of the new /etc/swift/internal-client.conf
 ic_conf_body = """
 [DEFAULT]
-# swift_dir = /etc/swift
-# user = swift
-# You can specify default log routing here if you want:
-# log_name = swift
-# log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
-# log_level = INFO
-# log_address = /dev/log
-#
-# comma separated list of functions to call to setup custom log handlers.
-# functions get passed: conf, name, log_to_console, log_route, fmt, logger,
-# adapted_logger
-# log_custom_handlers =
-#
-# If set, log_udp_host will override log_address
-# log_udp_host =
-# log_udp_port = 514
-#
-# You can enable StatsD logging here:
-# log_statsd_host =
-# log_statsd_port = 8125
-# log_statsd_default_sample_rate = 1.0
-# log_statsd_sample_rate_factor = 1.0
-# log_statsd_metric_prefix =
-
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = catch_errors proxy-logging cache symlink proxy-server
 
 [app:proxy-server]
 use = egg:swift#proxy
 account_autocreate = true
-# See proxy-server.conf-sample for options
 
 [filter:symlink]
 use = egg:swift#symlink
-# See proxy-server.conf-sample for options
 
 [filter:cache]
 use = egg:swift#memcache
-# See proxy-server.conf-sample for options
 
 [filter:proxy-logging]
 use = egg:swift#proxy_logging
 
 [filter:catch_errors]
 use = egg:swift#catch_errors
-# See proxy-server.conf-sample for options
 """.lstrip()