diff --git a/src/colvar/PathMSD.cpp b/src/colvar/PathMSD.cpp
index 6a89cdc1d2ecd885c59ef5dff52311019680579e..2bd257faec043ef32dd6fd239ff63c9295a8c97c 100644
--- a/src/colvar/PathMSD.cpp
+++ b/src/colvar/PathMSD.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Here below is a case where you have defined three frames and you want to
 calculate the progress alng the path and the distance from it in p1
 
 \verbatim
-p1: PATHMSD REFERENCE=file.pdb  LAMBDA=500.0 NEIGH_STRIDE=4 NEIGH_SIZE=8 PROPERTY=X,Y
+p1: PATHMSD REFERENCE=file.pdb  LAMBDA=500.0 NEIGH_STRIDE=4 NEIGH_SIZE=8 
 PRINT ARG=p1.sss,p1.zzz STRIDE=1 FILE=colvar FMT=%8.4f
 \endverbatim