diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-learn b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-learn
index 1729e460d..3ac1e2d4f 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-learn
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-learn
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def pull_image(module: str):
   local_registry_match = list(filter(lambda x: ':5000' in x, basename_match))
 
   if len(local_registry_match) == 0:
-    print(f'Pulling missing image for {module} (may take several minutes) ...')
+    print(f'Pulling and verifying missing image for {module} (may take several minutes) ...')
     pull_command = ['so-image-pull', '--quiet', container_basename]
   
     proc = subprocess.run(pull_command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)