diff --git a/python/ctem/tests/run_and_reprocess/ctem_postprocess.py b/python/ctem/tests/run_and_reprocess/ctem_postprocess.py
index 5d56dac5..641b1dfb 100644
--- a/python/ctem/tests/run_and_reprocess/ctem_postprocess.py
+++ b/python/ctem/tests/run_and_reprocess/ctem_postprocess.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 import ctem
 sim = ctem.Simulation(isnew=False)
 sim.read_output()
-sim.user['ncount'] += 1
+sim.user['ncount'] += 1 # Increment the output count in the situation in which the simulation was run outside of the driver script
 sim.process_output()
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