diff --git a/apps/asn1pars.c b/apps/asn1pars.c
index 0e6167d2d..8f178db85 100644
--- a/apps/asn1pars.c
+++ b/apps/asn1pars.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ bad:
 		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," -in arg       input file\n");
-		BIO_printf(bio_err," -out arg      output 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");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -offset arg   offset into file\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -length arg   length of section in file\n");
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ bad:
 		BIO_printf(bio_err," -strparse offset\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"               a series of these can be used to 'dig' into multiple\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"               ASN1 blob wrappings\n");
-		BIO_printf(bio_err," -out filename output DER encoding to file\n");
 		goto end;
 		}