diff --git a/lib/hooks/controllers/onRoute.js b/lib/hooks/controllers/onRoute.js
index b5036cd3c..59841f862 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/controllers/onRoute.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/controllers/onRoute.js
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
    * interpretRouteSyntax
    *
    * "Teach" router to understand references to controllers.
+   * This is the event handler for the 'route:typeUnknown' emitted on `sails`.
+   *
+   * @param  {Dictionary} route
+   *         @property {String} verb
+   *         @property {String} path
+   *         @property {Dictionary} target
+   *         @property {Dictionary} options
    *
-   * @param  {[type]} route [description]
-   * @return {[type]}       [description]
    * @api private
    */
   return function interpretRouteSyntax (route) {
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
     var options = route.options;
 
 
+    // Support various dictionary target notations, e.g.:
+    // `{ controller: 'UserController' }`
     if (_.isObject(target) && !_.isFunction(target) && !_.isArray(target)) {
 
       // Merge target into `options` to get hold of relevant
@@ -36,19 +43,18 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
       options = _.merge(options, target);
 
       // Support { controller: 'FooController' } notation
-      if (!_.isUndefined(target.controller)) {
+      if ( !_.isUndefined(target.controller) ) {
         return bindController(path, target, verb, options);
       }
 
       // Support resourceful sub-mappings for verbless routes
       // e.g. '/someRoute': { post: 'FooController.bar', get: '...', /* ... */ }
-      // If verb was manually specified in route (e.g. `get /someRoute`), ignore the sub-mappings
+      // If verb was manually specified in route address (e.g. `get /someRoute`), ignore the sub-mappings.
       if ( !options.detectedVerb ) {
         if ( target.get ) { sails.router.bind (path, target['get'],'get', options); }
         if ( target.post ) { sails.router.bind (path, target['post'],'post', options); }
         if ( target.put ) { sails.router.bind (path, target['put'],'put', options); }
         if ( target['delete'] ) { sails.router.bind (path, target['delete'],'delete', options); }
-
         // TODO: if there is a legitimate use case for it, add other HTTP verbs here for completeness.
       }
 
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
       // '/someRoute': { action: 'find', model: 'foo' }
       //
       // (useful for explicitly routing a URL to a blueprint action)
-      if ( !_.isUndefined(target.action) ) {
+      else if ( !_.isUndefined(target.action) ) {
 
         // Merge target def. into route options:
         options.action = target.action;
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ module.exports = function (sails) {
     }
 
     // Support string ('FooController.bar') notation
-    if (_.isString(target)) {
+    else if (_.isString(target)) {
 
       // Handle dot notation
       var parsedTarget = target.match(/^([^.]+)\.?([^.]*)?$/);