diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sacctmgr.1 b/doc/man/man1/sacctmgr.1
index cab5a52f23d8e990d63a6ffae7810ed8afc99d4c..5b5bdba4842edab97ab5aed57c51056a82ae04ab 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sacctmgr.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sacctmgr.1
@@ -1079,7 +1079,8 @@ Maximum number of nodes each job is able to use.
 
 .TP
 \fIMinCPUs\fP
-Minimum number of CPUs each job is allowed to use.
+Minimum number of CPUs each job running under this QOS must request.
+Otherwise the job will pend until modified.
 
 .TP
 \fIMaxNodesPerUser\fP
@@ -1264,7 +1265,8 @@ To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new value of \-1.
 
 .TP
 \fIMinCPUs\fP
-Minimum number of CPUs each job is allowed to use.
+Minimum number of CPUs each job running under this QOS must request.
+Otherwise the job will pend until modified.
 To clear a previously set value use the modify command with a new
 value of \-1.
 
diff --git a/src/common/assoc_mgr.c b/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
index 538fe019071be4c99b03d4c5803d0a0da715fd48..7832d8c7f259a6ce35384ef6ea0846d4ede046c8 100644
--- a/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
+++ b/src/common/assoc_mgr.c
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ extern int assoc_mgr_update_qos(slurmdb_update_object_t *update)
 				rec->max_wall_pj = object->max_wall_pj;
 			}
 
-			if (object->min_cpus_pj != NO_VAL) 
+			if (object->min_cpus_pj != NO_VAL)
 				rec->min_cpus_pj = object->min_cpus_pj;
 
 			if (object->preempt_bitstr) {