diff --git a/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java b/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
index a6de15a24c..8f062b3d30 100644
--- a/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
+++ b/target-platform-configuration/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/target/TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo.java
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ public class TargetPlatformConfigurationMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private IncludeSourceMode targetDefinionIncludeSource;
 
     /**
-     * Configures if referenced repositories should be included in when fetching repositories.
+     * Configures if referenced repositories should be included when fetching repositories.
+     * The default is <code>ignore</code>. To specify to use referenced repositories, pass <code>include</code>. 
      */
     @Parameter(name = DefaultTargetPlatformConfigurationReader.REFERENCED_REPOSITORY_MODE)
     private ReferencedRepositoryMode referencedRepositoryMode;