Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 11263)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 11264)
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 %      - <:  smallerthan provided value
 %      - <=: smaller or equal to provided value
+%      - < vec:  smallerthan provided values on each vertex
 %      - forcing: 1 if check forcing consistency (size and time)
 %      - values: cell of strings or vector of acceptable values
@@ -153,5 +154,5 @@
 	if any(field2>upperbound),
 		checkmessage(getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-			['field ''' fieldname ''' should have values above ' num2str(upperbound)]));
+			['field ''' fieldname ''' should have values below ' num2str(upperbound)]));
 	end
 end
@@ -161,5 +162,5 @@
 	if any(field2>=upperbound),
 		checkmessage(getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-			['field ''' fieldname ''' should have values above ' num2str(upperbound)]));
+			['field ''' fieldname ''' should have values below ' num2str(upperbound(1))]));
 	end
 end