diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index e0430a18a..8b837f2e4 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
         break;
       case HardFork::UpdateNeeded:
         MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "**********************************************************************");
-        MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "Last scheduled hard fork time shows a daemon update is needed now.");
+        MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "Last scheduled hard fork time shows a daemon update is needed soon.");
         MCLOG_RED(level, "global", "**********************************************************************");
         break;
       default: