diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications/invalid_precompiled_letter.html b/app/templates/views/notifications/invalid_precompiled_letter.html
index d44446547..99530d918 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications/invalid_precompiled_letter.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications/invalid_precompiled_letter.html
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
       Provided as PDF on {{ created_at|format_datetime_short }}
     </p>
     <p class="notification-status-cancelled">
-      Validation failed – this is not a PDF file that Notify can read
+      Validation failed – Notify cannot read this PDF file
     </p>
 {% endblock %}