diff --git a/bigchaindb/core.py b/bigchaindb/core.py
index 7800bc53..6032ea79 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/core.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/core.py
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ class App(BaseApplication):
 
         # Check if BigchainDB supports the Tendermint version
         try:
-            if check_tendermint_version(request.version):
+            if tendermint_version_is_compatible(request.version):
                 logger.info(f"Tendermint version: {request.version}")
             else:
                 logger.error(f"Error: Tendermint version {request.version} not supported."
-                             f" Currently, BigchainDB only supports {__tm_supported_versions__} .Exiting!")
+                             f" Currently, BigchainDB only supports {__tm_supported_versions__}. Exiting!")
                 sys.exit(1)
         except AttributeError:
             logger.info("Tendermint version not found. Exiting!")
diff --git a/bigchaindb/utils.py b/bigchaindb/utils.py
index 0337f97e..57fcc4a0 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/utils.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def load_node_key(path):
         return key_pair_from_ed25519_key(hex_private_key)
 
 
-def check_tendermint_version(running_tm_ver):
+def tendermint_version_is_compatible(running_tm_ver):
     """
     Check Tendermint compatability with BigchainDB server
 
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ def check_tendermint_version(running_tm_ver):
     :return: True/False depending on the compatability with BigchainDB server
     :rtype: bool
     """
+
+    # Splitting because version can look like this e.g. 0.22.8-40d6dc2e
     tm_ver = running_tm_ver.split('-')
     if not tm_ver:
         return False