diff --git a/src/xspice/evt/evtcheck_nodes.c b/src/xspice/evt/evtcheck_nodes.c
index b89ecc1ed..0ef79518f 100644
--- a/src/xspice/evt/evtcheck_nodes.c
+++ b/src/xspice/evt/evtcheck_nodes.c
@@ -696,9 +696,7 @@ bool Evtcheck_nodes(
     if (!cp_getvar("auto_bridge", CP_NUM, &show, sizeof show))
         show = AB_SILENT;
 
-    /* Try to create joining device if any analog node name matches
-     * an event node. Failure is fatal.
-     */
+    /* Check for incompatible command '.probe alli' */
 
     if (ckt->evt->info.node_list && cp_getvar("probe_alli_given", CP_BOOL, NULL, 0)) {
         fprintf(stderr,
@@ -708,6 +706,10 @@ bool Evtcheck_nodes(
         controlled_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+    /* Try to create joining device if any analog node name matches
+     * an event node. Failure is fatal.
+     */
+
     for (event_node = ckt->evt->info.node_list;
          event_node;
          event_node = event_node->next) {