diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c9446911cf41e8..02d13ae27abb90 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT
 	  with more CPUs. Therefore this value is used only when the sum of
 	  contributions is greater than the half of the default kernel ring
 	  buffer as defined by LOG_BUF_SHIFT. The default values are set
-	  so that more than 64 CPUs are needed to trigger the allocation.
+	  so that more than 16 CPUs are needed to trigger the allocation.
 
 	  Also this option is ignored when "log_buf_len" kernel parameter is
 	  used as it forces an exact (power of two) size of the ring buffer.
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index fe64a49344bf52..bc1e3b5a97bddb 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ static int log_store(u32 caller_id, int facility, int level,
 	if (dev_info)
 		memcpy(&r.info->dev_info, dev_info, sizeof(r.info->dev_info));
 
-	/* insert message */
-	if ((flags & LOG_CONT) || !(flags & LOG_NEWLINE))
+	/* A message without a trailing newline can be continued. */
+	if (!(flags & LOG_NEWLINE))
 		prb_commit(&e);
 	else
 		prb_final_commit(&e);
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 6b152568527708..74e25a1704f2b7 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -882,8 +882,6 @@ static bool desc_reserve(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, unsigned long *id_out)
 	head_id = atomic_long_read(&desc_ring->head_id); /* LMM(desc_reserve:A) */
 
 	do {
-		desc = to_desc(desc_ring, head_id);
-
 		id = DESC_ID(head_id + 1);
 		id_prev_wrap = DESC_ID_PREV_WRAP(desc_ring, id);