diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/10-nova.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/10-nova.conf.erb
index e0f7ac2329..e05116e5f4 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/10-nova.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/10-nova.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "nova" -/var/log/nova-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "nova" /var/log/nova-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/20-keystone.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/20-keystone.conf.erb
index b30dfdb6f3..98a7e73202 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/20-keystone.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/20-keystone.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "keystone" -/var/log/keystone-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "keystone" /var/log/keystone-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/30-cinder.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/30-cinder.conf.erb
index 4efab98297..0ab13b2424 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/30-cinder.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/30-cinder.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "cinder" -/var/log/cinder-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "cinder" /var/log/cinder-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/40-glance.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/40-glance.conf.erb
index 3d59efd3ab..89a8df17f3 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/40-glance.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/40-glance.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "glance" -/var/log/glance-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "glance" /var/log/glance-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/50-neutron.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/50-neutron.conf.erb
index 764cbe2428..06db9150ca 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/50-neutron.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/50-neutron.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "neutron" -/var/log/neutron-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "neutron" /var/log/neutron-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/51-ceilometer.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/51-ceilometer.conf.erb
index fe2e3ddf4b..58c9317ac6 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/51-ceilometer.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/51-ceilometer.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "ceilometer" -/var/log/ceilometer-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "ceilometer" /var/log/ceilometer-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 &~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/52-sahara.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/52-sahara.conf.erb
index ff135f5484..4ff2213224 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/52-sahara.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/52-sahara.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "sahara" -/var/log/sahara-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "sahara" /var/log/sahara-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/53-aodh.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/53-aodh.conf.erb
index 5ec7481a6a..0ecb08915d 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/53-aodh.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/53-aodh.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "aodh" -/var/log/aodh-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "aodh" /var/log/aodh-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 &~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/54-heat.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/54-heat.conf.erb
index da0449f1a3..db1dab7395 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/54-heat.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/54-heat.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "heat" -/var/log/heat-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "heat" /var/log/heat-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/55-murano.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/55-murano.conf.erb
index 11b82c16ef..c0ef296638 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/55-murano.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/55-murano.conf.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "murano" -/var/log/murano-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "murano" /var/log/murano-all.log
 ### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/80-swift.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/80-swift.conf.erb
index 13f086a43a..01daba233d 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/80-swift.conf.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/templates/80-swift.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # managed by puppet
 
-:syslogtag, contains, "swift" -/var/log/swift-all.log
+:syslogtag, contains, "swift" /var/log/swift-all.log
+### stop further processing for the matched entries
 & ~