diff --git a/bin/reduce_bed.R b/bin/reduce_bed.R
index c022b43..efe5bf5 100644
--- a/bin/reduce_bed.R
+++ b/bin/reduce_bed.R
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ option_list <- list(
   make_option(opt_str = c("-s", "--min_seq_length"), default = NULL, help = "Remove sequences below this length. Defaults to the maximum value of motif and kmer and can not be lower.", metavar = "integer", type = "integer"),
   make_option(opt_str = c("-ko", "--minoverlap_kmer"), default = NULL, help = "Minimum required overlap between kmer to merge kmer. Used to create reduced sequence ranges. Can not be greater than kmer length. Default = kmer - 1", metavar = "integer", type = "integer"),
   make_option(opt_str = c("-mo", "--minoverlap_motif"), default = NULL, help = "Minimum required overlap between motif and kmer to consider kmer significant. Used for kmer cutoff calculation. Can not be greater than motif and kmer length. Default = ceiling(motif / 2)", metavar = "integer", type = "integer"),
-  make_option(opt_str = c("-f", "--motif_occurence"), default = 1, help = "Number of motifs per sequence any value above 0. Default = %default.")
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-f", "--motif_occurence"), default = 1, help = "Number of motifs per sequence any value above 0. Default = %default.", metavar = "double")
 )
 
 opt_parser <- OptionParser(option_list = option_list,