diff --git a/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m b/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
index 979ad1f55..f43bee9be 100644
--- a/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
+++ b/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if dataset_.info.nvobs-size(rawdata,2)
 end
 
 if size(rawdata,1)~=dataset_.info.ntobs
-   fprintf('Restricting the sample to observations %d to %d. Using in total %d observations. \n',first,dataset_.info.ntobs,dataset_.info.ntobs-first+1)
+   fprintf('Restricting the sample to observations %d to %d. Using in total %d observations. \n',first,first+dataset_.info.ntobs-1,dataset_.info.ntobs)
 end
 rawdata = rawdata(first:(first+dataset_.info.ntobs-1),:);