diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/FeatureDisplay.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/FeatureDisplay.java
index af6211e48ee91409b3400bae7dc7c5752b9fb42c..660625cacd3ce4c6891b03afbad8da801fd495f2 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/FeatureDisplay.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/FeatureDisplay.java
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ public class FeatureDisplay extends EntryGroupPanel
   
   /**
    * Check if this feature is an exon and is a child of a non-coding transcript
-   * and is part of a database entry.
+   * and is part of a GFF or database entry.
    * @param feature
    * @param key
    * @return
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ public class FeatureDisplay extends EntryGroupPanel
   private boolean isExonOfNonCodingTranscript(final Feature feature, final String key)
   {
     if(key.equals(DatabaseDocument.EXONMODEL) && 
-       GeneUtils.isDatabaseEntry(getEntryGroup()))
+       GeneUtils.isGFFEntry(getEntryGroup()))
     {
       final String nonCodingTranscripts[] = GeneUtils.getNonCodingTranscripts();
       try