diff --git a/src/squeue/opts.c b/src/squeue/opts.c
index 9b798cc563f889a0a6cebb83e0c9706657b2d6a8..bb54c1c05ad535b29a2dbc655ed9d2f375220069 100644
--- a/src/squeue/opts.c
+++ b/src/squeue/opts.c
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ _parse_state( char* str, enum job_states* states )
 	return SLURM_ERROR;
 }
 
+/* Take the user's format specification and use it to build build the 
+ *	format specifications (internalize it to print.c data structures) */
 static int 
 _parse_format( char* format )
 {
@@ -378,6 +380,12 @@ _parse_format( char* format )
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/* Take a format specification and break it into its components
+ * IN token - input specification without leading "%", eg. ".5u"
+ * OUT field - the letter code for the data type
+ * OUT field_size - byte count
+ * OUT right_justify - true of field to be right justified
+ */
 static void
 _parse_token( char *token, char *field, int *field_size, bool *right_justify)
 {
@@ -404,6 +412,7 @@ _parse_token( char *token, char *field, int *field_size, bool *right_justify)
 	}
 }
 
+/* print the parameters specified */
 static void
 _print_options()
 {
@@ -481,6 +490,11 @@ _print_options()
 } ;
 
 
+/*
+ * _build_job_list- build a list of job_ids
+ * IN str - comma separated list of job_ids
+ * RET List of job_ids (uint32_t)
+ */
 static List 
 _build_job_list( char* str )
 {
@@ -596,6 +610,11 @@ _build_all_states_list( void )
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * _build_step_list- build a list of job/step_ids
+ * IN str - comma separated list of job_id.step_ids
+ * RET List of job/step_ids (structure of uint32_t's)
+ */
 static List 
 _build_step_list( char* str )
 {
@@ -637,6 +656,11 @@ _build_step_list( char* str )
 	return my_list;
 }
 
+/*
+ * _build_user_list- build a list of UIDs
+ * IN str - comma separated list of user names
+ * RET List of UIDs (uint32_t)
+ */
 static List 
 _build_user_list( char* str )
 {
diff --git a/src/squeue/squeue.c b/src/squeue/squeue.c
index a249159f4552089b6793796eb5fb760b51516466..0dbf1b08d984dea8b13ebfa36e84dc4300723d84 100644
--- a/src/squeue/squeue.c
+++ b/src/squeue/squeue.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ _print_job ( void )
 		if (params.long_list) {
 			job_format_add_priority( params.format_list, 10, true );
 			out_size += (10 + 1);
-			job_format_add_start_time( params.format_list, 11, false );
+			job_format_add_start_time( params.format_list,11,false);
 			out_size += (11 + 1);
 			job_format_add_end_time( params.format_list, 11, false);
 			out_size += (11 + 1);