diff --git a/sorc/global_cycle.fd/cycle.f90 b/sorc/global_cycle.fd/cycle.f90
index f912f06aa..e208ccaed 100644
--- a/sorc/global_cycle.fd/cycle.f90
+++ b/sorc/global_cycle.fd/cycle.f90
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@
 !!  - USE_UFO      Adjust sst and soil substrate temperature for
 !!                 differences between the filtered and unfiltered
 !!                 terrain.
-!!  -DONST         Process NSST records.
+!!  -DONST         Call routines to process NSST records.
 !!  -DO_SFCCYCLE   Call sfccycle routine to update surface fields
-!!  -DO_LNDINC     Read in land increment files, and add increments to
-!!                 relevant states.
-!!                 NOTE: We do not have a GSI snow analysis
-!!  -DO_SOI_INC    Do land increments to soil states
-!!  -INTERP_LNDINC Land increment is from GSI and needs to be regridded
-!!  -DO_SNO_INC    Do land increments to snow states on cubed-sphere tiles
-!!                      (No longer used: Noah and increments on model grid only)
+!!  -DO_LNDINC     Call routines to add land increments to sfc restarts
+!!                 (includes do_soi_inc and/or do_sno_inc)
+!!  -DO_SOI_INC    Apply increments to soil states. Requires DO_LNDINC=.true.
+!!  -DO_SNO_INC    Apply increments to snow states. Requires DO_LNDINC=.true.
+!!                 (NOTE: oudated, coded here for Noah LSM only).
+!!  -INTERP_LNDINC Land increment is on Gaussian grid (from GSI)  and should
+!!                 be regridded to the native model grid
 !!  -LSOIL_INCR    Number of soil layers (from top) to apply soil increments to.
 !!                 LSOIL_INCR is currently set to 3 by default.
 !!                 Extra cautions are needed on layer#3 across permafrost regions due to
diff --git a/ush/global_cycle.sh b/ush/global_cycle.sh
index 7af6725bd..500598066 100755
--- a/ush/global_cycle.sh
+++ b/ush/global_cycle.sh
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@
 #                   between the filtered and unfiltered terrain.  Default is true.
 #     DONST         Process NST records when using NST model.  Default is 'no'.
 #     DO_SFCCYCLE   Call sfcsub routine 
-#     DO_LNDINC     Call routine to update snow/soil states with increment files
-#     DO_SOI_INC    Call routine to update soil states 
-#     DO_SNO_INC    Call routine to update snow states
+#     DO_LNDINC     Call routines to add snow and /or soil increments
+#     DO_SOI_INC    Call routine to add soil increments
+#     DO_SNO_INC    Call routine to add snow inrcements
 #     INTERP_LNDIC  Flag to regrid input land increment from Gaus to native model 
-#                   grid
+#                   grid inside gcycle
 #                   
 #     zsea1/zsea2   When running with NST model, this is the lower/upper bound
 #                   of depth of sea temperature.  In whole mm.
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ DO_SFCCYCLE=${DO_SFCCYCLE:-.true.}
 DO_LNDINC=${DO_LNDINC:-.false.}
 DO_SOI_INC=${DO_SOI_INC:-.false.}
 DO_SNO_INC=${DO_SNO_INC:-.false.}
+if [ "$DO_SOI_INC" == ".true." ] || [ "$DO_SNO_INC" == ".true." ] ; then
+        DO_LNDINC=".true."
+fi
 INTERP_LNDINC=${INTERP_LNDINC:-.false.}
 zsea1=${zsea1:-0}
 zsea2=${zsea2:-0}