diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/feature/genome/Sequence.java b/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/feature/genome/Sequence.java
index 891a89b027..bf348d1c2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/feature/genome/Sequence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broad/igv/feature/genome/Sequence.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface Sequence {
 
     /**
      * Return the sequence for the given range.  If sequence named "seq" does not exist returns null.
-     * @param chr
+     * @param seq
      * @param start
      * @param end
      * @return  The sequence in bytes, or null if no sequence exists