diff --git a/slurm/slurm.h.in b/slurm/slurm.h.in
index d0fa212fb272eabf6a868153481f77d7a4ada540..b0b98a3114d039b7299558f4db76a74f7e3bae64 100644
--- a/slurm/slurm.h.in
+++ b/slurm/slurm.h.in
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ enum job_states {
 	JOB_FAILED,		/* completed execution unsuccessfully */
 	JOB_TIMEOUT,		/* terminated on reaching time limit */
 	JOB_NODE_FAIL,		/* terminated on node failure */
-	JOB_END			/* last entry in table */
+	JOB_END			/* not a real state, last entry in table */
 };
 #define JOB_COMPLETING (0x8000)