diff --git a/packages/minifier-js/minifier-tests.js b/packages/minifier-js/minifier-tests.js
index dfdb446633..c49d8b64a4 100644
--- a/packages/minifier-js/minifier-tests.js
+++ b/packages/minifier-js/minifier-tests.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-Tinytest.add('minifier-js - verify simple JS minifications work', (test) => {
+Tinytest.add('minifier-js - verify terser is able to minify files', (test) => {
   let terserResult = meteorJsMinify('function add(first,second){return first + second; }\n');
   test.equal(terserResult.code, 'function add(n,d){return n+d}');  
 });
 
 // this feature has been reqested in this issue https://github.com/terser/terser/issues/632
-// so when we bump the terser version up and this fails we will know when its been done :)
-Tinytest.add('minifier-js - numeric seperator test', (test) => {
+// so when we bump up the terser version in the future and this test fails we will know when
+// its been done and can remove this test :)
+Tinytest.add('minifier-js - unsupported feature test (numeric seperators)', (test) => {
   test.throws(() => meteorJsMinify('let number = 1_000_000_000_000;\n')  );   
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/minifier-js/minifier.js b/packages/minifier-js/minifier.js
index 503f8851ef..f7d38b864a 100644
--- a/packages/minifier-js/minifier.js
+++ b/packages/minifier-js/minifier.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ meteorJsMinify = function (source) {
   var result = {};
   const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || "development";
 
-  const terserOptions = {
+  const options = {
     compress: {
       drop_debugger: false,  // remove debugger; statements
       unused: false,         // drop unreferenced functions and variables
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ meteorJsMinify = function (source) {
     safari10: true,          // set this option to true to work around the Safari 10/11 await bug
   };
 
-  const terserResult = terser.minify(source, terserOptions);
+  const terserResult = terser.minify(source, options);
   
   // the terser api doesnt throw exceptions, so we throw one ourselves
   if (terserResult.error) throw terserResult.error;
diff --git a/packages/standard-minifier-js/plugin/minify-js.js b/packages/standard-minifier-js/plugin/minify-js.js
index f3423e5bb2..f53850ded9 100644
--- a/packages/standard-minifier-js/plugin/minify-js.js
+++ b/packages/standard-minifier-js/plugin/minify-js.js
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ class MeteorBabelMinifier {
 
       const lines = file.getContentsAsString().split(/\n/);    
       const lineContent = lines[error.line - 1];
+      
       let originalSourceFileLineNumber = 0;
 
       // Count backward from the failed line to find the oringal filename
       for (let i = (error.line - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
           let currentLine = lines[i];
           
-          // If the line is a boatload of slashes, we're in the right place.
+          // If the line is a boatload of slashes (8 or more), we're in the right place.
           if (/^\/\/\/{6,}$/.test(currentLine)) {
 
               // If 4 lines back is the same exact line, we've found the framing.
@@ -50,15 +51,13 @@ class MeteorBabelMinifier {
                       `Source file: ${originalFilePath}  (${originalSourceFileLineNumber}:${error.col})\n` + 
                       `Line content: ${lineContent}\n`);
               }
-              
           }
           originalSourceFileLineNumber++;
       }
     }
 
     // this object will collect all the minified code in the 
-    // data field and then post-minfiication file sizes in
-    // stats field
+    // data field and post-minfiication file sizes in the stats field
     const toBeAdded = {
       data: "",
       stats: Object.create(null)
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ class MeteorBabelMinifier {
         // of code being minified
         toBeAdded.data += minified.code;
       }
-
       toBeAdded.data += '\n\n';
 
       Plugin.nudge();