diff --git a/src/keri/core/eventing.py b/src/keri/core/eventing.py
index 4fb24561a..1e15ab281 100644
--- a/src/keri/core/eventing.py
+++ b/src/keri/core/eventing.py
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ def locallyWitnessed(self, serder=None):
         else:
             wits, _, _ = self.deriveBacks(serder=serder)
 
-        return (oset(self.prefixes) & oset(wits))
+        return True if (self.prefixes & oset(wits)) else False
 
 
     def reload(self, state):
diff --git a/src/keri/db/basing.py b/src/keri/db/basing.py
index 6cde6e2de..204e7ea49 100644
--- a/src/keri/db/basing.py
+++ b/src/keri/db/basing.py
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ def reopen(self, **kwa):
                                    schema=EventSourceRecord,
                                    subkey='esrs.')
 
-        # event source local (protected) or non-local (remote not protected)
+        # misfit escrows whose processing may change the .esrs event source record
         self.mfes = subing.CesrIoSetSuber(db=self, subkey='mfes.', klas=coring.Diger)
 
         # events as ordered by first seen ordinals