diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index 39a5507ca..b46592199 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--le-auto-phase2" ]; then
         # Display the OS-specific interactive bootstrap message.
         if [ "$INTERACTIVE_REBOOTSTRAP" = 1 ]; then
           error "Skipping upgrade because new OS dependencies need to be installed."
-          error "This requires a manual user intervention."
+          error "This requires manual user intervention."
           error "$INTERACTIVE_REBOOTSTRAP_MESSAGE"
           error
         # If this is because of the environment (eg. non interactive shell without