diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index b10feb929..24ba3424e 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ bool simple_wallet::seed(const std::vector<std::string> &args/* = std::vector<st
   
   if (success) 
   {
-    success_msg_writer(true) << "\nPLEASE NOTE: the following 24 words can be used to recover access to your wallet. Please write them down and store them somewhere safe and secure. Please do not store them in your email or on file storage services outside of your immediate control.\n";
+    success_msg_writer(true) << "\nPLEASE NOTE: the following 25 words can be used to recover access to your wallet. Please write them down and store them somewhere safe and secure. Please do not store them in your email or on file storage services outside of your immediate control.\n";
     std::cout << electrum_words << std::endl;      
   }
   else
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ bool simple_wallet::new_wallet(const string &wallet_file, const std::string& pas
 
   if (!two_random)
   {
-    success_msg_writer(true) << "\nPLEASE NOTE: the following 24 words can be used to recover access to your wallet. Please write them down and store them somewhere safe and secure. Please do not store them in your email or on file storage services outside of your immediate control.\n";
+    success_msg_writer(true) << "\nPLEASE NOTE: the following 25 words can be used to recover access to your wallet. Please write them down and store them somewhere safe and secure. Please do not store them in your email or on file storage services outside of your immediate control.\n";
     std::cout << electrum_words << std::endl;
   }
   success_msg_writer() << "**********************************************************************";