diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/filters/BadMateFilter.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/filters/BadMateFilter.java
index 8596e18eb..b3c84511a 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/filters/BadMateFilter.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/filters/BadMateFilter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.filters;
 import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
 
 /**
- * Filter out reads with low mapping qualities.
+ * Filter out reads whose mate maps to a different contig.
  *
  * @author ebanks
  * @version 0.1