diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
index ac6797609..e1a3659b8 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class SelectVariants extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
         }
 
         SELECT_RANDOM_FRACTION = fractionRandom > 0;
-        if (SELECT_RANDOM_FRACTION) logger.info("Selecting approximately " + fractionRandom + "% of the variants at random from the variant track");
+        if (SELECT_RANDOM_FRACTION) logger.info("Selecting approximately " + 100.0*fractionRandom + "% of the variants at random from the variant track");
 
 
         if (KEEP_AF_SPECTRUM) {