diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceFeatureConvert/surfaceFeatureConvert.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceFeatureConvert/surfaceFeatureConvert.C
index 47ba9eb2a9a22c3975238b31ea6dd7e4498226a5..03c18cd3e963eaebfcffbe26ebc44d4340cee358 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceFeatureConvert/surfaceFeatureConvert.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceFeatureConvert/surfaceFeatureConvert.C
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ void write
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     argList::noParallel();
-    argList::validArgs.append("surface");
-    argList::validArgs.append("output name");
+    argList::validArgs.append("input file");
+    argList::validArgs.append("output file");
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 #   include "createTime.H"