diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RestoreKeyBackupDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RestoreKeyBackupDialog.js
index d614168eaa..89d41803d5 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RestoreKeyBackupDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/keybackup/RestoreKeyBackupDialog.js
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
             let failedToDecrypt;
             content = <div>
                 <p>{_t(
-                    "Failed to decrypt any sessions: check that the recovery key " +
-                    "used is the correct one for this backup."
+                    "Backup restore failed: please verify that you entered the correct recovery key.",
                 )}</p>
             </div>;
         } else if (this.state.recoverInfo) {
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index fd9d9b3eef..7b701cc863 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
     "Unable to restore backup": "Unable to restore backup",
     "No backup found!": "No backup found!",
     "Error Restoring Backup": "Error Restoring Backup",
-    "Failed to decrypt any sessions: check that the recovery key used is the correct one for this backup.": "Failed to decrypt any sessions: check that the recovery key used is the correct one for this backup.",
+    "Backup restore failed: please verify that you entered the correct recovery key.": "Backup restore failed: please verify that you entered the correct recovery key.",
     "Backup Restored": "Backup Restored",
     "Failed to decrypt %(failedCount)s sessions!": "Failed to decrypt %(failedCount)s sessions!",
     "Restored %(sessionCount)s session keys": "Restored %(sessionCount)s session keys",