diff --git a/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html b/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
index 5284c3725..cf5b869bc 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/guidance/edit-and-format-messages.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
   <p>You cannot convert text into a link. Research shows that recipients like to read the URL to check a link looks genuine before they click it. This is hard to do if the URL is hidden behind clickable link text.</p>
 
-  <p>If your links are very long, we do not recommend using a third-party link shortening service because:</p>
+  <p>We do not recommend using a third-party link shortening service because:</p>
   
   <ul class="list list-bullet">
     <li>your users cannot see where the link will take them</li>