diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
index 47ff7639b88b2817286e7568f012eb4ce1f8e529..78ebfd2c6f90551ea33384ed3a37cd343ffb457f 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ int slurm_close_accepted_conn(slurm_fd open_fd)
  *       and list_destroy function.
  * IN open_fd	- file descriptor to receive msg on
  * IN/OUT msg	- a slurm_msg struct to be filled in by the function
+ *                we use the orig_addr from this var for forwarding. 
  * IN timeout	- how long to wait in milliseconds
  * RET List	- List containing the responses of the childern (if any) we 
  *                forwarded the message to. List containing type (ret_types_t).