diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedArgumentCollection.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedArgumentCollection.java
index d7174536e..f4ffbad91 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedArgumentCollection.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedArgumentCollection.java
@@ -55,13 +55,10 @@ public class UnifiedArgumentCollection {
     @Argument(fullName = "pcr_error_rate", shortName = "pcr_error", doc = "The PCR error rate to be used for computing fragment-based likelihoods", required = false)
     public Double PCR_error = DiploidSNPGenotypeLikelihoodsWithCorrectAlleleOrdering.DEFAULT_PCR_ERROR_RATE;
 
-    /**
-     * Specifies how to determine the alternate allele to use for genotyping
-     */
-    @Argument(fullName = "genotyping_mode", shortName = "gt_mode", doc = "Should we output confident genotypes (i.e. including ref calls) or just the variants?", required = false)
+    @Argument(fullName = "genotyping_mode", shortName = "gt_mode", doc = "Specifies how to determine the alternate alleles to use for genotyping", required = false)
     public GenotypeLikelihoodsCalculationModel.GENOTYPING_MODE GenotypingMode = GenotypeLikelihoodsCalculationModel.GENOTYPING_MODE.DISCOVERY;
 
-    @Argument(fullName = "output_mode", shortName = "out_mode", doc = "Should we output confident genotypes (i.e. including ref calls) or just the variants?", required = false)
+    @Argument(fullName = "output_mode", shortName = "out_mode", doc = "Specifies which type of calls we should output", required = false)
     public UnifiedGenotyperEngine.OUTPUT_MODE OutputMode = UnifiedGenotyperEngine.OUTPUT_MODE.EMIT_VARIANTS_ONLY;
 
     /**