diff --git a/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py b/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
index a85588cfce42a2fe4732b4c1bd3caa30511266ae..fa1ec788b9c944248d6eea89924830ab5f9db086 100755
--- a/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
+++ b/Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SHPC_anti and SHPC_cyclo. The mat files are assumed to be in v7.3
 (HDF5) format and will be converted to v6 format, launching Matlab,
 before being read in Python. The data in each input file is the set of
 detected instantaneous eddies at a given date. The second, optional,
-argument of this script is the final date processed. The script
+argument of this script is the final date processed. The Matlab script
 inst_eddies.m must be in the current directory at run-time.
 
 """
diff --git a/Overlap/eddy_graph.f90 b/Overlap/eddy_graph.f90
index a04fcc6f92b49d053fededf2463bba0c7c8b70a4..dfbfaeff69dccc8d4fd150a7fc73b26cc9799076 100644
--- a/Overlap/eddy_graph.f90
+++ b/Overlap/eddy_graph.f90
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ program eddy_graph
 
      if (n_dates == huge(0)) &
           n_dates = sum([(size(hshp(i)%ishape_last), i = 1, n_shpc)])
+     print *, "n_dates = ", n_dates
      call assert(n_dates >= max_delta + 1, &
           "eddy_graph: n_dates should be >= max_delta + 1")
      call assert(n_proc <= n_dates / (max_delta + 1), &