diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec/machine_type.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec/machine_type.go
index 6440a6f50dd3..faed02d6b49e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec/machine_type.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec/machine_type.go
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ func AWSMachineType(cpus int) string {
 
 // GCEMachineType selects a machine type given the desired number of CPUs.
 func GCEMachineType(cpus int) string {
-	// TODO(peter): This is awkward: below 16 cpus, use n1-standard so that the
-	// machines have a decent amount of RAM. We could use customer machine
+	// TODO(peter): This is awkward: at or below 16 cpus, use n1-standard so that
+	// the machines have a decent amount of RAM. We could use custom machine
 	// configurations, but the rules for the amount of RAM per CPU need to be
 	// determined (you can't request any arbitrary amount of RAM).
-	if cpus < 16 {
+	if cpus <= 16 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("n1-standard-%d", cpus)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("n1-highcpu-%d", cpus)