diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/MVLikelihoodRatio.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/MVLikelihoodRatio.java
index f644c4c6d..85f61c91c 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/MVLikelihoodRatio.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/MVLikelihoodRatio.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  * Given a variant context, uses the genotype likelihoods to assess the likelihood of the site being a mendelian violation
  * versus the likelihood of the site transmitting according to mendelian rules. This assumes that the organism is
  * diploid. When multiple trios are present, the annotation is simply the maximum of the likelihood ratios, rather than
- * the strict 1-∏(1-p_i) calculation, as this can scale poorly for uncertain sites and many trios.
+ * the strict 1-Prod(1-p_i) calculation, as this can scale poorly for uncertain sites and many trios.
  */
 
 public class MVLikelihoodRatio extends InfoFieldAnnotation implements ExperimentalAnnotation, RodRequiringAnnotation {