diff --git a/src/min.h b/src/min.h
index f16a99619f..2fddc3e0d5 100644
--- a/src/min.h
+++ b/src/min.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Min : protected Pointers {
   int eflag,vflag;            // flags for energy/virial computation
   int virial_style;           // compute virial explicitly or implicitly
 
-  int nelist_atom;                   // # of PE,virial computes to check
+  int nelist_atom;                  // # of PE,virial computes to check
   int nvlist_global,nvlist_atom;
   class Compute **elist_atom;       // list of PE,virial Computes
   class Compute **vlist_global;