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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BUSCO results generated by the pipeline (all BUSCO lineages that match the claas
 
 ### Read alignments
 
-Read alignments in BAM format -- only if the pipeline is run with `--align true`.
+Read alignments in BAM format -- only if the pipeline is run with `--align`.
 
 <details markdown="1">
 <summary>Output files</summary>