diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_ll_inspiral_aggregator b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_ll_inspiral_aggregator
index ae0d98e7501ce8b83a45dc8997b182eebebbadc3..3a64e7d050898e45622608ea617d162e61b351db 100755
--- a/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_ll_inspiral_aggregator
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/bin/gstlal_ll_inspiral_aggregator
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def parse_command_line():
 	parser.add_argument("--dump-period", type = float, default = 1., help = "Wait this many seconds between dumps of the  URLs (default = 1., set to 0 to disable)")
 	parser.add_argument("--num-jobs", action="store", type=int, default=10, help="number of running jobs")
 	parser.add_argument("--job-tag", help = "Collect URLs for jobs reporting this job tag (default = collect all gstlal_inspiral URLs).")
-	parser.add_argument("--num-threads", type = int, default = 16, help = "Number of threads to use concurrently, default 8.")
+	parser.add_argument("--num-threads", type = int, default = 16, help = "Number of threads to use concurrently, default 16.")
 
 	args = parser.parse_args()