diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/job_test.c b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/job_test.c
index f9d8f1820cc847bd1bce31afb66b1b9e5c5f5345..f2d4cf8ed4407f708327a94e68e4f793eb2a38c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/job_test.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/job_test.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static int _is_node_busy(struct part_res_record *p_ptr, uint32_t node_i,
 
 	for (; p_ptr; p_ptr = p_ptr->next) {
 		if (sharing_only && 
-		    ((p_ptr->num_rows < 2) || 
+		    ((p_ptr->num_rows < 2) ||
 		     (p_ptr->part_ptr == my_part_ptr)))
 			continue;
 		if (!p_ptr->row)
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.h b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.h
index 987de1966a44adfee2b5a034525075b55ebc49a7..0cc5c419b1640dac5e1757bf9954b3b5062d5b76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.h
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct part_row_data {
 /* partition CPU allocation data */
 struct part_res_record {
 	struct part_res_record *next;	/* Ptr to next part_res_record */
-	uint16_t num_rows;		/* Number of row_bitmaps */
+	uint16_t num_rows;		/* Number of elements in "row" array */
 	struct part_record *part_ptr;   /* controller part record pointer */
 	struct part_row_data *row;	/* array of rows containing jobs */
 };