diff --git a/include/postprocessors/NeutronLeakage.h b/include/postprocessors/NeutronLeakage.h
index 5f7531649e..fe297f4af1 100644
--- a/include/postprocessors/NeutronLeakage.h
+++ b/include/postprocessors/NeutronLeakage.h
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #include "SideIntegralVariablePostprocessor.h"
 
 /**
- * This postprocessor computes the neutron leakage rate along a boundary
+ * This postprocessor computes the neutron leakage rate of a given neutron group
+ * along a boundary
  */
 class NeutronLeakage : public SideIntegralVariablePostprocessor
 {
diff --git a/src/postprocessors/TotalNeutronLeakage.C b/src/postprocessors/TotalNeutronLeakage.C
index 972e131f24..cc9fc534af 100644
--- a/src/postprocessors/TotalNeutronLeakage.C
+++ b/src/postprocessors/TotalNeutronLeakage.C
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ TotalNeutronLeakage::TotalNeutronLeakage(const InputParameters & parameters)
 {
   addMooseVariableDependency(_vars);
   unsigned int n = coupledComponents("group_fluxes");
-  if (!(n == _num_groups))
+  if (n != _num_groups)
   {
     mooseError("The number of coupled variables doesn't match the number of groups.");
   }