diff --git a/modules/motus/profile/meta.yml b/modules/motus/profile/meta.yml
index e9e65c9a..e52d4bd5 100644
--- a/modules/motus/profile/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/motus/profile/meta.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ output:
       pattern: "*.out"
   - bam:
       type: file
-      description: Sorted BAM file
+      description: Optional intermediate sorted BAM file from BWA
       pattern: "*.{bam}"
 
 authors: