diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
index 5b58e36ff..29f399ea7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/NodeDiscovery.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.map.UdpReplicationConfig.simple;
 
 /**
  * @author Rob Austin.
+ *
+ *         This code is in alpha, and still has to undergo refactoring
  */
 public class NodeDiscovery {
 
@@ -823,7 +825,6 @@ class DiscoveryNodeBytesMarshallable implements BytesMarshallable {
         }
 
 
-
         // the host and port the message came from
         this.sourceAddressAndPort.readMarshallable(in);
         if (sourceAddressAndPort.equals(ourAddressAndPort))