diff --git a/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py b/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
index e66a254a60d262de1106f62583750b96e6bc88c9..1780db2fb07a3f39a9420d586cfb27b7b22c3b9e 100755
--- a/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
+++ b/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def run(iens, begin, end, hist_interval_s=5*60, radt=5, archive=True,
         sed_inplace(rundir+'/namelist.input', k, end.strftime(v))
 
     print(rundir+'/namelist.input created')
-    print('runtime:', begin, end, 'output to', archdir)
+    print('WRF namelist begin:', begin, 'end:', end, 'output to', archdir)
     #########################
     if archive:
         
diff --git a/dartwrf/utils.py b/dartwrf/utils.py
index a74aeed0b1587058bd3ed48060ec4806089d6abd..2e3f766019eb83bd17a74893ebd183508c4f9580 100755
--- a/dartwrf/utils.py
+++ b/dartwrf/utils.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ClusterConfig(object):
 
     """
     def __init__(self, exp):
-        self.exp = exp  # makes derived properties available
+        self.exp = exp  # to access the experiment config in here
 
         # defaults
         self.dart_modules = ''