diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Select how the transcriptome used for analysis should be prepared:
 - Gnerate transcriptome via the denovo pipeline `--transcriptome_source denovo"` 
 
 
-To run the workflow with direct RNA reads `--direct_rna false` (this just skips the pychopper step).
+To run the workflow with direct RNA reads `--direct_rna true` (this just skips the pychopper step).
 
 Pychopper and minimap2 can take options via `--minimap2_opts` and `--pychopper_opts`, for example:
 
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index 582cadd..8301a8e 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Select how the transcriptome used for analysis should be prepared:
 - Gnerate transcriptome via the denovo pipeline `--transcriptome_source denovo"` 
 
 
-To run the workflow with direct RNA reads `--direct_rna false` (this just skips the pychopper step).
+To run the workflow with direct RNA reads `--direct_rna true` (this just skips the pychopper step).
 
 Pychopper and minimap2 can take options via `--minimap2_opts` and `--pychopper_opts`, for example: