diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index ba5b0d6..467316f 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@
 	/* Write the modem init string and DON'T flush the buffers */
 	if (options.flags & F_INITSTRING) {
 		debug("writing init string\n");
+		/* todo: use xwrite_str? */
 		full_write(STDOUT_FILENO, options.initstring, strlen(options.initstring));
 	}