diff --git a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/Debugging.rst b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/Debugging.rst
index 96cf2953510..9b77cfef4ac 100644
--- a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/Debugging.rst
+++ b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/Debugging.rst
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ The following runtime options need to be set in order to prevent AMReX from catc
 
 This default behavior can also be modified by applications, see for example `this custom application initializer <https://github.com/Exawind/amr-wind/blob/84f81a990152f4f748c1ab0fa17c8c663e51df86/amr-wind/main.cpp#L21>`__.
 
-The above default can also be achieve by setting the environment variable ``AMREX_DEBUG``:
+Alternatively, set the environment variable ``AMREX_DEBUG`` to change the defaults in the same way:
 
-.. highlight:: console
-
-::
+.. code-block: console
 
     export AMREX_DEBUG=1
 
+Note that input and command line arguments always have precendence over environment variables.
+
 
 .. _sec:gpu:debugging:
 
diff --git a/Src/Base/AMReX.cpp b/Src/Base/AMReX.cpp
index 67c16895175..a630a6491f0 100644
--- a/Src/Base/AMReX.cpp
+++ b/Src/Base/AMReX.cpp
@@ -349,8 +349,6 @@ amrex::Initialize (int& argc, char**& argv, bool build_parm_parse,
     system::exename.clear();
 //    system::verbose = 0;
     system::regtest_reduction = false;
-
-
     system::signal_handling = !amrex_debug;
     system::handle_sigsegv = true;
     system::handle_sigterm = false;