diff --git a/src/common/execio.c b/src/common/execio.c
--- a/src/common/execio.c
+++ b/src/common/execio.c
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ int execio_open(struct execio **rem, con
       return 1;
     }
   
-  /* make our side of the pipes nonblocking? I'll consider this type of stuff later and just keep this code in a comment like I always do... */
-  //fcntl(pipe_write[1], F_SETFD, fcntl(pipe_write[1], F_GETFD) | O_NONBLOCK);
-  //fucntl(pipe_read[0], F_SETFD, fcntl(pipe_read[0], F_GETFD) | O_NONBLOCK);
-  
   /* parent */
   child = fork();
   if(child == -1)
@@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ int execio_open(struct execio **rem, con
 	  close(pipe_write[1]);
 	  close(pipe_read[0]);
 	  /* we should probably pass of the wait() call to a thread that just does boring things like that. Especially for when the server tries to connect to other servers... */
-	  /* maybe we should just kill the child */
+	  /* maybe we should just kill instead of term the child */
 	  kill(child, SIGTERM);
 	  /* the waitpid(2) seems to indicate that only when the child is terminated will this wait return. */
 	  waitpid(child, &childstatus, 0); 
@@ -225,7 +221,7 @@ int execio_close(struct execio *eio)
   close(eio->pipe_read);
   close(eio->pipe_write);
 
-  /* maybe we should just kill the child */
+  /* maybe we should just kill rather than term the child */
   kill(eio->child, SIGTERM);
   /* 
      the waitpid(2) seems to indicate that only when the child is terminated will this wait return.