diff --git a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
index ee221cd2c63cd5d4a06da28852893159f43b7433..dcbaf1b6de1a635cca335c1d8d91478c37188bf4 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
+++ b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ extern void make_node_alloc(struct node_record *node_ptr);
 extern void make_node_comp(struct node_record *node_ptr);
 
 /*
- * make_node_idle - flag specified node as having completed a job
+ * make_node_idle - flag specified node as having finished with a job
  * IN node_ptr - pointer to node reporting job completion
  * IN job_ptr - pointer to job that just completed
  */