diff --git a/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala b/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
index f51e717db5a909dc43cdbe6a0347580ea3dd3d61..b363403a7bac556b6d7fc26d61cace2f8ae54ad4 100644
--- a/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
+++ b/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object BiopetFlagstat extends ToolCommand {
     } text "summary output file"
     opt[String]('r', "region") valueName "<chr:start-stop>" action { (x, c) =>
       c.copy(region = Some(x))
-    }
+    } text "Region to calculate the statistics on"
   }
 
   /**