diff --git a/src/pEp/_pEp/pEpmodule.cc b/src/pEp/_pEp/pEpmodule.cc
index 53bbb5d..b0e60a8 100644
--- a/src/pEp/_pEp/pEpmodule.cc
+++ b/src/pEp/_pEp/pEpmodule.cc
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ namespace pEp {
                                      "\n"
                                      "new p≡p message\n"
                                      "\n"
-                                     "   dir         1 for outgoing, 2 for incoming\n"
+                                     "   dir         0 for incoming, 1 for outgoing\n"
                                      "   from        Identity() of sender\n"
                                      "\n"
                                      "Message(mime_text)\n"