diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/batch/DedupClient.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/batch/DedupClient.java
index 65f6a90dd4a0..0f121a27e26d 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/batch/DedupClient.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/batch/DedupClient.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
 
         options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).withDescription("print this help message").create("h"));
 
-        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).withDescription("optimize search core").create("o"));
+        options.addOption(OptionBuilder.isRequired(false).withDescription("optimize dedup core").create("o"));
 
         options.addOption("e", "readfile", true, "Read the identifier from a file");