diff --git a/Shorewall/configfiles/actions b/Shorewall/configfiles/actions
index 86fdf7882..1f376f008 100644
--- a/Shorewall/configfiles/actions
+++ b/Shorewall/configfiles/actions
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 #ACTION             COMMENT (place '# ' below the 'C' in comment followed by
-#                   v        a comment describing the action)
+#                           a comment describing the action)
diff --git a/Shorewall/configfiles/isusable b/Shorewall/configfiles/isusable
index 9f16a2ed3..ef1a77f17 100644
--- a/Shorewall/configfiles/isusable
+++ b/Shorewall/configfiles/isusable
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 #
 #	The script is invoked inside a function that accepts an interface
 #	name as a single argument. The file below is designed to work with
-#	both swping and lsm as described at http://www.shorewall.net/MultiISP.html
+#	both swping and lsm as described at
+#	http://www.shorewall.net/MultiISP.html
 #
 # See http://shorewall.net/shorewall_extension_scripts.htm for additional
 # information.
 #
 ###############################################################################
-local status=0
+local status
+status=0
 
 [ -f ${VARDIR}/${1}.status ] && status=$(cat ${VARDIR}/${1}.status)