diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
index f8aebe940c7d39d6f6bb015bf06d7be2f7d5a205..e8cddd45bcbcc33e0ba6f66d62424cce645f9401 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ extern int select_p_alter_node_cnt(enum select_node_cnt type, void *data)
 				     SELECT_DATA_MAX_PROCS, 
 				     &tmp);
 	
-		if(job_desc->min_nodes == (uint16_t) NO_VAL)
+		if(job_desc->min_nodes == (uint32_t) NO_VAL)
 			return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 		select_g_get_jobinfo(job_desc->select_jobinfo,
 				     SELECT_DATA_GEOMETRY, &req_geometry);
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ extern int select_p_alter_node_cnt(enum select_node_cnt type, void *data)
 			job_desc->min_nodes = 1;
 		}
 		
-		if(job_desc->max_nodes == (uint16_t) NO_VAL) 
+		if(job_desc->max_nodes == (uint32_t) NO_VAL) 
 			return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 		
 		if(job_desc->max_nodes > bluegene_bp_node_cnt) {
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index 6466d9f6eed850546799f60e20a8e1962e509ea8..cf284fbf062600b85785ca57a837ce648403cd61 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ static int _job_create(job_desc_msg_t * job_desc, int allocate, int will_run,
 	select_g_get_jobinfo(job_desc->select_jobinfo,
 			     SELECT_DATA_MAX_PROCS, &max_procs);
 	
-	debug2("after alteration asking for nodes %u-%u procs %u-%d", 
+	debug2("after alteration asking for nodes %u-%u procs %u-%u", 
 		     job_desc->min_nodes, job_desc->max_nodes,
 		     job_desc->num_procs, max_procs);
 	
@@ -1808,7 +1808,8 @@ static int _job_create(job_desc_msg_t * job_desc, int allocate, int will_run,
 	}
 	if (job_desc->max_nodes && 
 	    (job_desc->max_nodes < job_desc->min_nodes)) {
-		info("Job's max_nodes < min_nodes");
+		info("Job's max_nodes(%u) < min_nodes(%u)",
+		     job_desc->max_nodes, job_desc->min_nodes);
 		error_code = ESLURM_TOO_MANY_REQUESTED_NODES;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}