annotate fails with command-line mode

Debian Linux
svn 1.2.3
Eclipse 3.1.1
Subclipse 0.9.34 from update site

Upon trying to run annotate option on a file, I get this console output:
annotate -r START:122
svn+ssh://source.hjsoft.com/usr/local/svn/gas/midlet/trunk/source/com/hjsoft/gaslog/GasLog.java
--non-interactive
    svn: Syntax error in revision argument 'START:122'

-r 122 would have been fine, or -r 1:122 if you really wanted to do a
range for some reason.

I would have provided a patch, but I ran into auth errors when I tried
to pull a copy of the source from
http://subclipse.tigris.org/svn/subclipse/ as guest or empty.

Thanks.

-- 
John M Flinchbaugh
john@hjsoft.com