diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 4d8c7ef55..137daddc9 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH=
 # WM_COMPILE_OPTION = Opt | Debug | Prof
 : ${WM_COMPILE_OPTION:=Opt}; export WM_COMPILE_OPTION
 
-# WM_MPLIB = | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
+# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
 : ${WM_MPLIB:=OPENMPI}; export WM_MPLIB
 
 # WM_NCOMPPROCS = <number of processes to use>
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index b130f8c75..c2a760d8b 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ if ( ! $?WM_COMPILE_OPTION ) setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Opt
 #setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Opt
 #setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Debug
 
-# WM_MPLIB = | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
+# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
 if ( ! $?WM_MPLIB ) setenv WM_MPLIB OPENMPI
 
 # WM_NCOMPPROCS = <number of processes to use>