diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/VariantAnnotator.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/VariantAnnotator.java
index 3c8f0d27ec7..f29676286e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/VariantAnnotator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/walkers/annotator/VariantAnnotator.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
  *   -V input.vcf \
  *   -o output.vcf \
  *   -L anotherInput.vcf \
- *   --resource foo:resource.vcf \
+ *   --resource:foo resource.vcf \
  *   -E foo.AF \
  *   --resource-allele-concordance
  * </pre>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
  *   -R reference.fasta \
  *   -V input.vcf \
  *   -o output.vcf \
- *   --resource foo:resource.vcf \
+ *   --resource:foo resource.vcf \
  *   --expression foo.AF \
  *   --expression foo.FILTER
  * </pre>