diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd b/usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd
index 96adcc4f..081b1346 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.notify_osd
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 $/ = "\n\n";
 while (<STDIN>) {
 	$msg = $_;
-	$msg =~ s/\[[^,]*, //;
-	$msg =~ s/ \] /: /;
-	$msg =~ s/\s+/ /g;
-	$msg =~ s/\s+$//g;
-	$msg =~ s/^\s+//g;
+	$msg =~ s/\[[^,]*, //;		# strip the leading "[timestamp, "
+	$msg =~ s/ \] /: /;		# replace the " ] " following the indicator name, with ":"
+	$msg =~ s/\s+/ /g;		# collapse multi-whitespace into one
+	$msg =~ s/\s+$//g;		# strip trailing whitespace
+	$msg =~ s/^\s+//g;		# strip leading whitespace
 	system("/usr/bin/screen", "-X", "at", "0", "echo", "[$msg]");
 }