diff --git a/internal/aghos/syslog.go b/internal/aghos/syslog.go
index a67a56354f3..a38b3e68ad1 100644
--- a/internal/aghos/syslog.go
+++ b/internal/aghos/syslog.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package aghos
 
 // ConfigureSyslog reroutes standard logger output to syslog.
-func ConfigureSyslog(serviceName string) error {
+func ConfigureSyslog(serviceName string) (err error) {
 	return configureSyslog(serviceName)
 }
diff --git a/internal/aghos/syslog_others.go b/internal/aghos/syslog_others.go
index 1659ae498c7..9c72e66d214 100644
--- a/internal/aghos/syslog_others.go
+++ b/internal/aghos/syslog_others.go
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs/log"
 )
 
-func configureSyslog(serviceName string) error {
+// configureSyslog sets standard log output to syslog.
+func configureSyslog(serviceName string) (err error) {
 	w, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_NOTICE|syslog.LOG_USER, serviceName)
 	if err != nil {
+		// Don't wrap the error, because it's informative enough as is.
 		return err
 	}
+
 	log.SetOutput(w)
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/aghos/syslog_windows.go b/internal/aghos/syslog_windows.go
index c8e86e78d21..0a78b28d54f 100644
--- a/internal/aghos/syslog_windows.go
+++ b/internal/aghos/syslog_windows.go
@@ -19,23 +19,30 @@ func (w *eventLogWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(b), w.el.Info(1, string(b))
 }
 
-func configureSyslog(serviceName string) error {
-	// Note that the eventlog src is the same as the service name
-	// Otherwise, we will get "the description for event id cannot be found" warning in every log record
+// configureSyslog sets standard log output to event log.
+func configureSyslog(serviceName string) (err error) {
+	// Note that the eventlog src is the same as the service name, otherwise we
+	// will get "the description for event id cannot be found" warning in every
+	// log record.
 
 	// Continue if we receive "registry key already exists" or if we get
 	// ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED so that we can log without administrative permissions
 	// for pre-existing eventlog sources.
-	if err := eventlog.InstallAsEventCreate(serviceName, eventlog.Info|eventlog.Warning|eventlog.Error); err != nil {
-		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "registry key already exists") && err != windows.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED {
-			return err
-		}
+	err = eventlog.InstallAsEventCreate(serviceName, eventlog.Info|eventlog.Warning|eventlog.Error)
+	if err != nil &&
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "registry key already exists") &&
+		err != windows.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED {
+		// Don't wrap the error, because it's informative enough as is.
+		return err
 	}
+
 	el, err := eventlog.Open(serviceName)
 	if err != nil {
+		// Don't wrap the error, because it's informative enough as is.
 		return err
 	}
 
 	log.SetOutput(&eventLogWriter{el: el})
+
 	return nil
 }