diff --git a/apps/asn1pars.c b/apps/asn1pars.c
index f1d8bc8b9..b1a7c8e5d 100644
--- a/apps/asn1pars.c
+++ b/apps/asn1pars.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 bad:
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"%s [options] <infile\n",prog);
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"where options are\n");
-		BIO_printf(bio_err," -inform arg   input format - one of DER TXT PEM\n");
+		BIO_printf(bio_err," -inform arg   input format - one of DER PEM\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -in arg       input file\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -out arg      output file (output format is always DER\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -noout arg    don't produce any output\n");