diff --git a/augur/filter/__init__.py b/augur/filter/__init__.py
index ac8ad88ff..947875258 100644
--- a/augur/filter/__init__.py
+++ b/augur/filter/__init__.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ def register_arguments(parser):
     subsample_limits_group = subsample_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     subsample_limits_group.add_argument('--sequences-per-group', type=int, help="subsample to no more than this number of sequences per category")
     subsample_limits_group.add_argument('--subsample-max-sequences', type=int, help="subsample to no more than this number of sequences; can be used without the group_by argument")
-    probabilistic_sampling_group = subsample_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-    probabilistic_sampling_group.add_argument('--probabilistic-sampling', action='store_true', help="Allow probabilistic sampling during subsampling. This is useful when there are more groups than requested sequences. This option only applies when `--subsample-max-sequences` is provided.")
-    probabilistic_sampling_group.add_argument('--no-probabilistic-sampling', action='store_false', dest='probabilistic_sampling')
+    group_size_options = subsample_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    group_size_options.add_argument('--probabilistic-sampling', action='store_true', help="Allow probabilistic sampling during subsampling. This is useful when there are more groups than requested sequences. This option only applies when `--subsample-max-sequences` is provided.")
+    group_size_options.add_argument('--no-probabilistic-sampling', action='store_false', dest='probabilistic_sampling')
     subsample_group.add_argument('--priority', type=str, help="""tab-delimited file with list of priority scores for strains (e.g., "<strain>\\t<priority>") and no header.
     When scores are provided, Augur converts scores to floating point values, sorts strains within each subsampling group from highest to lowest priority, and selects the top N strains per group where N is the calculated or requested number of strains per group.
     Higher numbers indicate higher priority.