diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseReads.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseReads.java
index c3642d360..1dab93433 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseReads.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseReads.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class TraverseReads extends TraversalEngine {
                 sum = readWalker.reduce(x, sum);
             }
 
-            if (locus != null) { printProgress("loci", locus.getLocation()); }
+            printProgress("reads", null);
         }
         return sum;
     }