diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
index 1ebd55be3..cb6b56830 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/indels/IntervalCleanerWalker.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public class  IntervalCleanerWalker extends LocusWindowWalker<Integer, Integer>
     public double LOD_THRESHOLD = 5.0;
     @Argument(fullName="EntropyThreshold", shortName="entropy", doc="percentage of mismatches at a locus to be considered having high entropy", required=false)
     public double MISMATCH_THRESHOLD = 0.15;
-    @Argument(fullName="maxConsensuses", shortName="maxConsensuses", doc="max alternate consensuses to try (necesary to improve performance in deep coverage)", required=false)
+    @Argument(fullName="maxConsensuses", shortName="maxConsensuses", doc="max alternate consensuses to try (necessary to improve performance in deep coverage)", required=false)
     public int MAX_CONSENSUSES = 30;
-    @Argument(fullName="maxReadsForConsensuses", shortName="greedy", doc="max reads used for finding the alternate consensuses (necesary to improve performance in deep coverage)", required=false)
+    @Argument(fullName="maxReadsForConsensuses", shortName="greedy", doc="max reads used for finding the alternate consensuses (necessary to improve performance in deep coverage)", required=false)
     public int MAX_READS_FOR_CONSENSUSES = 120;
 
     public static final int MAX_QUAL = 99;