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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Processing GPFS log outputs is controlled by the `run-convert-to-parquet.sh` scr
 
 While the file is being parsed, the top-level-directory (`tld`) is extracted for each entry and added as a separate column to make common aggregations easier.
 
-This script is written to parse the `list-policy-external` policy format with quoted special characters.
+This script is written to parse the `list-path-external` policy format with quoted special characters.
 
 ```
 Usage: ./run-convert-to-parquet.sh [ -h ]