diff --git a/kalyptus/kdocAstUtil.pm b/kalyptus/kdocAstUtil.pm
index 8c24430c..ec3e8fb5 100644
--- a/kalyptus/kdocAstUtil.pm
+++ b/kalyptus/kdocAstUtil.pm
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ sub dumpAst
 	}
 
 	print "\t" x $depth, "Documentation nodes:\n" if defined 
-		@{ $node->{Doc}->{ "Text" }};
+		$node->{Doc}->{ "Text" };
 
 	foreach $kid ( @{ $node->{Doc}->{ "Text" }} ) {
 		dumpAst( $kid );