diff --git a/lib/core/src/irods_parse_command_line_options.cpp b/lib/core/src/irods_parse_command_line_options.cpp
index 050a5ca9dc..13c38259c4 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/irods_parse_command_line_options.cpp
+++ b/lib/core/src/irods_parse_command_line_options.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int parse_program_options(
         ("very_verbose,V", "very verbose")
         ("data_type,D", po::value<std::string>(), "dataType - the data type string")
         ("restart_file,X", po::value<std::string>(), "restartFile - specifies that the restart option is on and the restartFile input specifies a local file that contains the restart information.")
-        ("link", "ignore symlink.")
+        ("link", "ignore symlinks.")
         ("ignore-symlinks", "ignore symlinks.")
         ("lfrestart", po::value<std::string>(), "lfRestartFile - specifies that the large file restart option is on and the lfRestartFile input specifies a local file that contains the restart information.")
         ("retries", po::value<int>(), "count - Retry the iput in case of error. The 'count' input specifies the number of times to retry. It must be used with the -X option")