diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index 7fc296ecb..adc90058d 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ registerChannelValue(supybot.replies, 'incorrectAuthentication',
 
 registerChannelValue(supybot.replies, 'noUser',
     registry.NormalizedString("""I can't find that user in my user
-    database.  If you didn't give a user name, then I don't know what *your*
-    user is, and you'll need to identify before this command will work.""",
+    database.  If you didn't give a user name, then I might not know what your
+    user is, and you'll need to identify before this command might work.""",
     """Determines what error message the bot replies with when someone tries
     to accessing some information on a user the bot doesn't know about."""))