diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-server.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-server.c
index c9488e25..03feba32 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-server.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-server.c
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ static void cmd_server_add_modify(const char *data, gboolean add)
 	}
 	else if (g_hash_table_lookup(optlist, "notls") || g_hash_table_lookup(optlist, "nossl")) {
 		rec->use_tls = FALSE;
+		/* if rec has tls_verify = TRUE then use_tls will be set to true on lines 224-225
+		   so explicitly set tls_verify to FALSE when -notls is used */
 		rec->tls_verify = FALSE;
 	}