diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bc9b7fcd..c8529cef6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ use tracing::info;
 use tracing_subscriber;
 
 fn main() {
-    // install global collector configured based on RUST_LOG env var.
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
     let number_of_yaks = 3;
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@ are not maintained by the `tokio` project. These include:
 - [`tracing-elastic-apm`] provides a layer for reporting traces to [Elastic APM].
 - [`tracing-etw`] provides a layer for emitting Windows [ETW] events.
 - [`sentry-tracing`] provides a layer for reporting events and traces to [Sentry].
-- [`tracing-forest`] provides a subscriber that preserves contextual coherence by 
+- [`tracing-forest`] provides a subscriber that preserves contextual coherence by
   grouping together logs from the same spans during writing.
 - [`tracing-loki`] provides a layer for shipping logs to [Grafana Loki].
 - [`tracing-logfmt`] provides a layer that formats events and spans into the logfmt format.