diff --git a/bwa.wdl b/bwa.wdl
index 1ada039ed185f26cdf2022159b3940304d629722..fec2b09f0b17279810759baabce7c5189833ee2d 100644
--- a/bwa.wdl
+++ b/bwa.wdl
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ task Kit {
         threads: {description: "The number of threads to use for alignment.", category: "advanced"}
         sortThreads: {description: "The number of additional threads to use for sorting.", category: "advanced"}
         sortMemoryPerThread: {description: "The amount of memory for each sorting thread.", category: "advanced"}
-        compressionLevel: {description: "The compression level of the output BAM", category: "advanced"}
+        compressionLevel: {description: "The compression level of the output BAM.", category: "advanced"}
         memory: {description: "The amount of memory this job will use.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.",
                       category: "advanced"}