diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
index a8f5abe276c25a7abfc3b95e953ec65cd7067e14..f1a889b1d2e6017cd99cf2451c13de772821be71 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
@@ -1372,9 +1372,9 @@ public class DatabaseDocument extends Document
     this_buff.append("isObsolete=" + Boolean.toString(feat.isObsolete()) + ";");
     
     if(featureloc.isFminPartial())
-      this_buff.append("isFminPartial;");
+      this_buff.append("Start_range=.,.;");
     if(featureloc.isFmaxPartial())
-      this_buff.append("isFmaxPartial;");
+      this_buff.append("End_range=.,.;");
     // this is the chado feature_relationship.rank used
     // to order joined features e.g. exons
     if(rank > -1)