diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d34e75d9cee66d4fb3876b8b3463040ce7dcd319..07d4fac282003131f5f4aee3b7d68612576734a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Fixed
 - remove user from groups that are not present in IdP shibboleth assertion
   (#2600)
+- description of the 'internal' parameter in buildVOEvent.py (#2600)
diff --git a/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py b/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
index 196ae69b5961bb814d55f97dff2e50bf5b26cbc6..8cc7b6b46a496a27877983d47d1de18f3595b49d 100755
--- a/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
+++ b/gracedb/buildVOEvent.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def buildVOEvent(event, serial_number, voevent_type, request=None, skymap_filena
 
     # Whether the alert is internal or not
     w.add_Param(Param(name="internal", value=internal,
-        Description=['Indicates that this event should be distributed to LSC/Virgo members only']))
+        Description=['Indicates whether this event should be distributed to LSC/Virgo members only']))
     
     # The serial number
     w.add_Param(Param(name="Pkt_Ser_Num", value=serial_number))