diff --git a/kit/tracing/tracing.go b/kit/tracing/tracing.go
index d8af735f3c..ca92e2e87b 100644
--- a/kit/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/kit/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // LogError adds a span log for an error.
 // Returns unchanged error, so useful to wrap as in:
-//
-// return 0, tracing.LogError(err)
+//  return 0, tracing.LogError(err)
 func LogError(span opentracing.Span, err error) error {
 	span.LogFields(log.Error(err))
 	return err