diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 698a709cd..113b391b9 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.38 - 
 =================================
+  Correct config file line numbers in messages when parsing comments.
   In script-processing mode, stop if any command fails.
   Warn if command exits with non-zero status code without a prior log_error.
   Make clvmd-cman use a hash rather than an array for node updown info.
diff --git a/lib/config/config.c b/lib/config/config.c
index f0582a5de..3166550a5 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.c
+++ b/lib/config/config.c
@@ -798,11 +798,9 @@ static void _get_token(struct parser *p, int tok_prev)
 static void _eat_space(struct parser *p)
 {
 	while ((p->tb != p->fe) && (*p->tb)) {
-		if (*p->te == '#') {
+		if (*p->te == '#')
 			while ((p->te != p->fe) && (*p->te) && (*p->te != '\n'))
 				p->te++;
-			p->line++;
-		}
 
 		else if (isspace(*p->te)) {
 			while ((p->te != p->fe) && (*p->te) && isspace(*p->te)) {