diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 31d80ab80..fe3ed5234 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -99,11 +99,9 @@
     <target name="extracthelp" depends="compile" 
 	    description="Extract help key/value pair file from the JavaDoc tags."
 	    unless="disable.help">
-<!--
-      <exec executable="svnversion" outputproperty="svn.version">
-          <arg value="--no-newline" />
-      </exec>
--->
+      <!-- exec executable="svnversion" outputproperty="svn.version" -->
+          <!--arg value="*dash*dash*no-newline"/-->
+      <!--/exec-->
       <javadoc doclet="org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.help.ResourceBundleExtractorDoclet"
 	       docletpath="build"
 	       classpathref="runtime.dependencies"