diff --git a/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java b/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
index 23cd5b3d51..8bc3f8b87f 100644
--- a/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
+++ b/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ public class TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     /**
      * Configures if referenced repositories should be included when fetching repositories. The
-     * default is <code>ignore</code>. To specify to use referenced repositories, pass
-     * <code>include</code>.
+     * default is <code>include</code>. To disable the use of referenced repositories, pass
+     * <code>ignore</code>.
      */
     @Parameter(name = DefaultTargetPlatformConfigurationReader.REFERENCED_REPOSITORY_MODE)
     private ReferencedRepositoryMode referencedRepositoryMode;