diff --git a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_ncbi.wdl b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_ncbi.wdl
index 2799af1fa..0f2cc4feb 100644
--- a/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_ncbi.wdl
+++ b/pipes/WDL/tasks/tasks_ncbi.wdl
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ task table2asn {
     organism: {
       description: "The scientific name for the organism being submitted. This is typically the species name and should match the name given by the NCBI Taxonomy database. For more info, see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sequin/sequin.hlp.html#Organism"
     }
-    molType: {
+    mol_type: {
       description: "The type of molecule being described. Any value allowed by the INSDC controlled vocabulary may be used here. Valid values are described at http://www.insdc.org/controlled-vocabulary-moltype-qualifier"
     }
     comment: {