def _format_syslog_config(cmd_ret):
    """
    Helper function to format the stdout from the get_syslog_config function.

    cmd_ret
        The return dictionary that comes from a cmd.run_all call.
    """
    ret_dict = {"success": cmd_ret["retcode"] == 0}

    if cmd_ret["retcode"] != 0:
        ret_dict["message"] = cmd_ret["stdout"]
    else:
        for line in cmd_ret["stdout"].splitlines():
            line = line.strip()
            cfgvars = line.split(": ")
            key = cfgvars[0].strip()
            value = cfgvars[1].strip()
            ret_dict[key] = value

    return ret_dict