diff --git a/bin/check_idp_error_urls.sh b/bin/check_idp_error_urls.sh
index 62b1b4f..71848d1 100755
--- a/bin/check_idp_error_urls.sh
+++ b/bin/check_idp_error_urls.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ display_help () {
 	are often used together for cron jobs.
 	
 	The argument of the -t option is the TCP connect time, that is, 
-	the maximum time (in secs) allotted to the TCP connection. Note 
-	that the TCP connect time includes the time it takes to do a 
-	DNS name lookup. Since the latter is unconstrained, it may
+	the maximum time (in secs) allotted to make a TCP connection. 
+	Note that the TCP connect time includes the time it takes to 
+	do a DNS name lookup. Since the latter is unconstrained, it may
 	consume all available TCP connect time. Thus the TCP connect 
 	time should be kept small (say, less than 10 seconds) since 
 	larger values will slow this script considerably. The default
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name using curl opts: %s\n" "$curl_opts"
 	if $md_file_mode; then
 		entityDescriptor=$( getEntityFromFile -f "$md_path" $entityID )
 	else
-		entityDescriptor=$( getEntityFromServer -d "$TMP_DIR" -u "$mdq_base_url" $entityID )
+		entityDescriptor=$( getEntityFromServer -T "$TMP_DIR" -u "$mdq_base_url" $entityID )
 	fi
 	return_code=$?
 	if [ "$return_code" -ne 0 ]; then