diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index a7c007393..3cd633d4c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1226,14 +1226,14 @@ verify_latest_update_script() {
   if [[ "$CURRENTSOUP" == "$GITSOUP" && "$CURRENTCMN" == "$GITCMN" && "$CURRENTIMGCMN" == "$GITIMGCMN" && "$CURRENTSOFIREWALL" == "$GITSOFIREWALL" ]]; then
     echo "This version of the soup script is up to date. Proceeding."
   else
-    echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. Might take multiple runs to complete"
+    echo "You are not running the latest soup version. Updating soup and its components. This might take multiple runs to complete."
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     cp $UPDATE_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-firewall $DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/common/tools/sbin/
     salt-call state.apply common.soup_scripts queue=True -linfo --file-root=$UPDATE_DIR/salt --local
     echo ""
-    echo "soup has been updated. Please run soup again."
+    echo "The soup script has been modified. Please run soup again to continue the upgrade."
     exit 0
   fi
 }