diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/SnpEff.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/SnpEff.java
index 14abbca5b..bb3685fb5 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/SnpEff.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/SnpEff.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  * (http://snpeff.sourceforge.net/).
  *
  * For each variant, chooses one of the effects of highest biological impact from the SnpEff
- * output file (which must be provided on the command line via --snpEffFile <filename>.vcf),
+ * output file (which must be provided on the command line via --snpEffFile filename.vcf),
  * and adds annotations on that effect.
  *
  * @author David Roazen