diff --git a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
index 846fd4c62..74d8fb9d7 100644
--- a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
@@ -610,10 +610,13 @@ size_t HUF_compress1X (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
                  const void* src, size_t srcSize,
                  unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned huffLog)
 {
-    unsigned workSpace[1024];
+    unsigned workSpace[HUF_WORKSPACE_SIZE_U32];
     return HUF_compress1X_wksp(dst, dstSize, src, srcSize, maxSymbolValue, huffLog, workSpace, sizeof(workSpace));
 }
 
+/* HUF_compress4X_repeat():
+ * compress input using 4 streams.
+ * provide workspace to generate compression tables */
 size_t HUF_compress4X_wksp (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
                       const void* src, size_t srcSize,
                       unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned huffLog,
@@ -622,6 +625,9 @@ size_t HUF_compress4X_wksp (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
     return HUF_compress_internal(dst, dstSize, src, srcSize, maxSymbolValue, huffLog, 0 /* 4 streams */, workSpace, wkspSize, NULL, NULL, 0, /* bmi2 */ 0);
 }
 
+/* HUF_compress4X_repeat():
+ * compress input using 4 streams.
+ * re-use an existing huffman compression table */
 size_t HUF_compress4X_repeat (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
                       const void* src, size_t srcSize,
                       unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned huffLog,
@@ -635,7 +641,7 @@ size_t HUF_compress2 (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
                 const void* src, size_t srcSize,
                 unsigned maxSymbolValue, unsigned huffLog)
 {
-    unsigned workSpace[1024];
+    unsigned workSpace[HUF_WORKSPACE_SIZE_U32];
     return HUF_compress4X_wksp(dst, dstSize, src, srcSize, maxSymbolValue, huffLog, workSpace, sizeof(workSpace));
 }