diff --git a/command/agent/agent_endpoint.go b/command/agent/agent_endpoint.go
index d5fe6a0df..044eadb16 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent_endpoint.go
@@ -192,13 +192,12 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) AgentMonitor(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (
 	}
 	s.parse(resp, req, &args.QueryOptions.Region, &args.QueryOptions)
 
-	// Determine the handler to use
-	useLocalClient, useClientRPC, useServerRPC := s.rpcHandlerForNode(nodeID)
-
 	// Make the RPC
 	var handler structs.StreamingRpcHandler
 	var handlerErr error
 	if nodeID != "" {
+		// Determine the handler to use
+		useLocalClient, useClientRPC, useServerRPC := s.rpcHandlerForNode(nodeID)
 		if useLocalClient {
 			handler, handlerErr = s.agent.Client().StreamingRpcHandler("Agent.Monitor")
 		} else if useClientRPC {
@@ -229,10 +228,10 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) AgentMonitor(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (
 	// Create an ouput that gets flushed on every write
 	output := ioutils.NewWriteFlusher(resp)
 
-	// Create a channel that decodes the results
+	// create an error channel to handle errors
 	errCh := make(chan HTTPCodedError, 2)
 
-	// stream the response
+	// stream response
 	go func() {
 		defer cancel()
 
diff --git a/command/agent/agent_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/agent_endpoint_test.go
index 9c4cadb5e..0a4cb1f01 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent_endpoint_test.go
@@ -279,8 +279,7 @@ func TestHTTP_AgentMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}()
 
-			// send the same log a few times until monitor sink is
-			// fully set up
+			// send the same log until monitor sink is set up
 			maxLogAttempts := 10
 			tried := 0
 			testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
@@ -315,8 +314,7 @@ func TestHTTP_AgentMonitor(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}()
 
-			// send the same log a few times until monitor sink is
-			// fully set up
+			// send the same log until monitor sink is set up
 			maxLogAttempts := 10
 			tried := 0
 			out := ""
@@ -370,7 +368,6 @@ func TestHTTP_AgentForceLeave(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
 		// Make the HTTP request
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", "/v1/agent/force-leave?node=foo", nil)
-		require.Nil(t, err)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/command/agent/command.go b/command/agent/command.go
index c0567bda8..da3e40e90 100644
--- a/command/agent/command.go
+++ b/command/agent/command.go
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ func (c *Command) setupLoggers(config *Config) (*gatedwriter.Writer, io.Writer)
 		Writer: &cli.UiWriter{Ui: c.Ui},
 	}
 
-	// TODO can this be killed
 	c.logFilter = LevelFilter()
 	c.logFilter.MinLevel = logutils.LogLevel(strings.ToUpper(config.LogLevel))
 	c.logFilter.Writer = logGate
diff --git a/command/agent/testagent.go b/command/agent/testagent.go
index 1dc2e0d82..a36a46116 100644
--- a/command/agent/testagent.go
+++ b/command/agent/testagent.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ RETRY:
 
 func (a *TestAgent) start() (*Agent, error) {
 	if a.LogOutput == nil {
-		a.LogOutput = io.MultiWriter(testlog.NewWriter(a.T))
+		a.LogOutput = testlog.NewWriter(a.T)
 	}
 
 	inm := metrics.NewInmemSink(10*time.Second, time.Minute)
diff --git a/command/agent_monitor.go b/command/agent_monitor.go
index daeb35040..19e13abcb 100644
--- a/command/agent_monitor.go
+++ b/command/agent_monitor.go
@@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ Usage: nomad monitor [options]
 
 General Options:
 
-  ` + generalOptionsUsage()
+	` + generalOptionsUsage() + `
+	
+Monitor Specific Options:
+
+  -log-level <level>
+    Sets the log level to monitor (default: INFO)
+
+  -node-id <node-id>
+    Sets the specific node to monitor
+
+  -log-json <true|false>
+    Sets log output to JSON format
+  `
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }