diff --git a/py/conftest.py b/py/conftest.py
index 24000e8d8..9499c5765 100644
--- a/py/conftest.py
+++ b/py/conftest.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ option = py.test.config.addoptions("execnet options",
                help="relative path to doc output location (relative from py/)"), 
         Option('', '--runslowtests',
                action="store_true", dest="runslowtests", default=False,
-               help="run slow tests)"),
+               help="run slow tests"),
     )
 
 dist_rsync_roots = ['.']