diff --git a/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper b/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
index 3bb07c48a2400698cc355dddf78ec768075207ef..cad19bd6bb9da98fca646086636534f1d21e0e88 100755
--- a/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
+++ b/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ print_help ()
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "-r,--ramdisk" "ramdisk size in units of GiB (default is 40 GiB)"
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "-t,--threads" "blast threads (default is 1)"
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "--blastparams" "blast parameters (default is -outfmt 6 (for blank tabulated output))"
-        printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "-s,--splitup" "No. of FASTA sequences per query file (default is 20)"
+        printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "-s,--splitup" "No. of FASTA sequences per query file (default is to generate ~5000 files)"
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "--blastdir" "output directory (default is composition of input names)"
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "--executable" "choose executable (currently only from NCBI-BLAST, default: blastx)"
         printf "\\t\\033[1m%s\\033[0m\\t%s\\n" "--compress" "if set, the output files will be merged and compressed (time consuming!, defaultt: off)"