diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.cpp
index 95754de44..622a2743e 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoStdoutMonitor.cpp
@@ -16,41 +16,43 @@ using namespace std;
 
 eoMonitor& eoStdoutMonitor::operator()(void)
 {
-    if (!cout)
-    {
-        string str = "eoStdoutMonitor: Could not write to cout";
-        throw runtime_error(str);
+    if (!cout) {
+      string str = "eoStdoutMonitor: Could not write to cout";
+      throw runtime_error (str);
     }
-    if (firsttime)
-    {
-      if (verbose)
+
+    if (firsttime) {
+
+      if (verbose) {
         eo::log << eo::progress << "First Generation" << endl;
-      else
-	{
-	  for(iterator it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it)
-	    {
-	      cout << (*it)->longName() << delim;
-	    }
-	  cout << endl;
-	}
-        firsttime = false;
-    }
+
+      } else { // else verbose
+          for (iterator it = vec.begin (); it != vec.end (); ++it) {
+              cout << (*it)->longName () << delim;
+	      }
+          cout << endl;
+	  } // else verbose
+
+      firsttime = false;
+    } // if firstime
+
     // ok, now the real saving. write out
-    if (verbose)
-      {
-      for(iterator it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it)
-	{
-	  cout << (*it)->longName() << ": " << (*it)->getValue() << endl;
-	}
-      eo::log << eo::progress << "End of Generation" << endl;
-      }
-    else			// a one-liner
-      {
-	for(iterator it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it)
-	  {
-	    cout << (*it)->getValue() << delim;
-	  }
-	cout << endl;
-      }
-    return *this;
+    if (verbose) {
+        for (iterator it = vec.begin (); it != vec.end (); ++it) {
+            // name: value
+            cout << (*it)->longName () << ": " << (*it)->getValue () << endl;
+        } // for it in vec
+
+        eo::log << eo::progress << "End of Generation" << endl;
+
+    } else { // else verbose
+        for (iterator it = vec.begin (); it != vec.end (); ++it) {
+            // value only
+            cout << (*it)->getValue () << delim;
+        } // for it in vec
+
+        cout << endl;
+    } // if verbose
+
+  return *this;
 }