diff --git a/tools/sra-tools/macros.xml b/tools/sra-tools/macros.xml
index 6246c9fce97..76d4545e867 100644
--- a/tools/sra-tools/macros.xml
+++ b/tools/sra-tools/macros.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <param name="minMapq" type="integer" min="0" max="42" label="Minimum mapping quality" optional="true" help="Minimum mapping quality an alignment has to have, to be dumped." argument="--min-mapq"/>
     </macro>
     <macro name="region">
-        <param format="text" name="region" type="text" label="aligned region" optional="true"
+        <param name="region" type="text" label="aligned region" optional="true"
                help="Filter by position on genome. Can be either accession.version (ex: NC_000001.10), chromosome name (ex:chr1 or 1) or 1-based coordinates (ex: chr1:1-101)." argument="--aligned-region"/>
     </macro>
     <macro name="matepairDist">