diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
index bdec9894b..5e740c4dd 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ main() {
 		mv -f $temp_config $sshd_config
 		if ! [[ $quiet ]]; then echo "Reloading sshd to load config changes"; fi
 		systemctl reload sshd
-		echo "[ WARNING ] Any new ssh sessions will need to remove and reaccept the ECDSA key for this server before reconnecting."
+		echo "[ WARNING ] Any new ssh sessions will need to remove and reaccept the host key fingerprint for this server before reconnecting."
 	else
 		if ! [[ $quiet ]]; then echo "No changes made to temp file, cleaning up"; fi
 		rm -f $temp_config