diff --git a/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CheckFingerprint.java b/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CheckFingerprint.java
index 8bc4fbbcb..2ca5fed61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CheckFingerprint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CheckFingerprint.java
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
             "(VCF or BAM read group header) will be used.")
     public String EXPECTED_SAMPLE_ALIAS;
 
-    @Option(shortName="H", doc = "A file of haplotype information produced by the CheckFingerprint program.")
+    @Option(shortName="H", doc = "The file lists a set of SNPs, optionally arranged in high-LD blocks, to be used for fingerprinting. See " +          
+            "https://software.broadinstitute.org/gatk/documentation/article?id=9526 for details.")
     public File HAPLOTYPE_MAP;
 
     @Option(shortName="LOD", doc = "When counting haplotypes checked and matching, count only haplotypes " +
diff --git a/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CrosscheckReadGroupFingerprints.java b/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CrosscheckReadGroupFingerprints.java
index e4c419f68..62696fdfe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CrosscheckReadGroupFingerprints.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picard/fingerprint/CrosscheckReadGroupFingerprints.java
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
             doc="Optional output file to write metrics to. Default is to write to stdout.")
     public File OUTPUT;
 
-    @Option(shortName="H", doc="The file of haplotype data to use to pick SNPs to fingerprint")
+    @Option(shortName="H", doc="The file lists a set of SNPs, optionally arranged in high-LD blocks, to be used for fingerprinting. See " +
+	    "https://software.broadinstitute.org/gatk/documentation/article?id=9526 for details.")
     public File HAPLOTYPE_MAP;
 
     @Option(shortName="LOD",