diff --git a/tool_conf.xml.sample b/tool_conf.xml.sample
index 7cd9ece8f4b..7050298a72e 100644
--- a/tool_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/tool_conf.xml.sample
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
+
diff --git a/tools/metag_tools/split_paired_reads.xml b/tools/metag_tools/split_paired_reads.xml
index f5c944c2bff..50ee2187a06 100644
--- a/tools/metag_tools/split_paired_reads.xml
+++ b/tools/metag_tools/split_paired_reads.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
**What it does**
-This tool splits a single paired-end file in half and returns two files with each ends.
+Splits a single fastq datasret representing paired-end run into two datasets (one for each end). This tool works only for datasets where both ends have **the same** length.
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