diff --git a/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.c b/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.c
index 426e803a9bda8c385b9521a35324c62db6cca1b8..e2e7d8732c233489098b23ef46fa1c80b5c73b1d 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ extern int select_nodes(struct job_record *job_ptr, bool test_only)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* enforce both user's and partition's node limits*/
+	/* enforce both user's and partition's node limits */
 	if (super_user) {
 		min_nodes = job_ptr->details->min_nodes;
 		part_node_limit = INFINITE;