diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index cd38a046f..d53dcd73c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1066,13 +1066,15 @@ EOF
   fi
 
   if [ "$NOTIFYCUSTOMELASTICCONFIG" = true ] ; then
-    cat < EOF
+
+    cat << EOF
 
 
-A custom Elasticsearch configuration has been found at /opt/so/saltstack/local/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml. This file is no longer referenced in Security Onion verions >= 2.3.80.
+A custom Elasticsearch configuration has been found at /opt/so/saltstack/local/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml. This file is no longer referenced in Security Onion versions >= 2.3.80.
 
-In order to customize Elasticsearch, please see https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/elasticsearch.html. 
+If you still need those customizations, you'll need to manually migrate them to the new Elasticsearch config as shown at https://docs.securityonion.net/en/2.3/elasticsearch.html.
 
+EOF
 
   fi