diff --git a/docs/jvm_options.sgml b/docs/jvm_options.sgml
index 9706cd5e5d2df0fb0b32982b1ec46d325ea820a3..e56005d0ee00f5e8e27c13ea4aa106b8ec82dad0 100644
--- a/docs/jvm_options.sgml
+++ b/docs/jvm_options.sgml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This sets the base position that &prog; opens at, e.g. 10000.
        <TITLE><LITERAL>-Duserplot=pathToFile</LITERAL></TITLE>
       <PARA>
 This can be used to open userplots from the command line. The paths are comma
-separated to open multiple plots (-Duserplot=-Duserplot='/pathToFile/userPlot1,/pathToFile/userPlot2').
+separated to open multiple plots (-Duserplot='/pathToFile/userPlot1,/pathToFile/userPlot2').
       </PARA>
     </SECT2>