diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/DenseKMeans.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/DenseKMeans.scala
index 11e35598baf506baafb3fe2b25b491874e299d8c..14cc5cbb679c58cda0e14ddf1a64fb9d82634c20 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/DenseKMeans.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/DenseKMeans.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object DenseKMeans {
         .text(s"number of clusters, required")
         .action((x, c) => c.copy(k = x))
       opt[Int]("numIterations")
-        .text(s"number of iterations, default; ${defaultParams.numIterations}")
+        .text(s"number of iterations, default: ${defaultParams.numIterations}")
         .action((x, c) => c.copy(numIterations = x))
       opt[String]("initMode")
         .text(s"initialization mode (${InitializationMode.values.mkString(",")}), " +