diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index bb3796df17717a773a4d2dee01b45f329895d842..30439c761349fc2d8a46c6a0e55ab4f6d557e723 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -696,8 +696,12 @@ func askToCreateChannel(recipientID *id.ID) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+// this the the nodepad used for round logging.
 var roundsNotepad *jww.Notepad
 
+// initRoundLog creates the log output for round tracking. In debug mode,
+// the client will keep track of all rounds it evaluates if it has
+// messages in, and then will dump them to this log on client exit
 func initRoundLog(logPath string) {
 	parts := strings.Split(logPath,".")
 	path := parts[0] + "-rounds." + parts[1]
diff --git a/network/gateway/sender.go b/network/gateway/sender.go
index 9abb88ac3f653b415485f2e38324708d99b8bb2b..1ae30ccea55592574e0aa9813c0b2af6ed185d55 100644
--- a/network/gateway/sender.go
+++ b/network/gateway/sender.go
@@ -168,11 +168,4 @@ func (s *Sender) SendToPreferred(targets []*id.ID,
 	}
 
 	return nil, errors.Errorf("Unable to send to any preferred")
-}
-
-
-func (s *Sender)sendHelper(target  []*id.ID,
-	sendFunc func(host *connect.Host, target *id.ID) (interface{}, error),
-	stop *stoppable.Single){
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/network/roundTracking.go b/network/roundTracking.go
index 650747e1c8ff5145f597eb909812bbeafef9fa38..cb56aa8d85eea491bb09407327c0f0cb43ebde11 100644
--- a/network/roundTracking.go
+++ b/network/roundTracking.go
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 // All rights reserved.                                                        /
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+// this is an in memory track of rounds that have been processed in this run of the
+// xxdk. It only is enabled when loglevel is debug or higher. It will accumulate all
+// rounds and then dump on exist. Is only enabled when run though the command line
+// interface unless enabled explicitly in code.
+
 package network
 
 import (