diff --git a/common/bloblist.c b/common/bloblist.c
index 3599ffa75c..3d0fbbf67d 100644
--- a/common/bloblist.c
+++ b/common/bloblist.c
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ static int bloblist_addrec(uint tag, int size, struct bloblist_rec **recp)
 	struct bloblist_rec *rec;
 	int new_alloced;
 
-	new_alloced = hdr->alloced + sizeof(*rec) +
-			ALIGN(size, BLOBLIST_ALIGN);
+	new_alloced = hdr->alloced + sizeof(*rec) + ALIGN(size, BLOBLIST_ALIGN);
 	if (new_alloced >= hdr->size) {
 		log(LOGC_BLOBLIST, LOGL_ERR,
-		    "Failed to allocate %x bytes size=%x, need size>=%x\n",
+		    "Failed to allocate %x bytes size=%x, need size=%x\n",
 		    size, hdr->size, new_alloced);
 		return log_msg_ret("bloblist add", -ENOSPC);
 	}
diff --git a/include/bloblist.h b/include/bloblist.h
index 8c9ce98a3b..609ac421d6 100644
--- a/include/bloblist.h
+++ b/include/bloblist.h
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ int bloblist_new(ulong addr, uint size, uint flags);
  * @return 0 if OK, -ENOENT if the magic number doesn't match (indicating that
  *	there problem is no bloblist at the given address), -EPROTONOSUPPORT
  *	if the version does not match, -EIO if the checksum does not match,
- *	-EFBIG if the expected size does not match the detected size
+ *	-EFBIG if the expected size does not match the detected size, -ENOSPC
+ *	if the size is not large enough to hold the headers
  */
 int bloblist_check(ulong addr, uint size);