diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConfParser.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConfParser.pm
index 008b4310d061e4888f375eca58df89221120a480..499f8909c9846d77e5b8f0ed94126e2eda883caf 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConfParser.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConfParser.pm
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ sub comma_to_list {
 =head2 list_or_file
 
   Arg[1]      : Name of parameter to parse
-  Example     : $conf->list_or_file('gene_stable_id');
+  Example     : $conf->list_or_file('gene');
   Description : Determines whether a parameter holds a list or it is a filename
                 to read the list entries from.
   Return type : true on success
diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
index eb409479c88a3d485d235588ba4798f29cfb75ec..b9f7c85fd7f1b838ccc940d7abc3fb136c93dff6 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ConversionSupport.pm
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ sub comma_to_list {
 =head2 list_or_file
 
   Arg[1]      : Name of parameter to parse
-  Example     : $support->list_or_file('gene_stable_id');
+  Example     : $support->list_or_file('gene');
   Description : Determines whether a parameter holds a list or it is a filename
                 to read the list entries from.
   Return type : true on success