diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bin/main.rs b/src/bootstrap/bin/main.rs
index 669dd7a33de18..637083e08d510 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bin/main.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn check_version(config: &Config) -> Option<String> {
         }
     } else {
         msg.push_str("warning: x.py has made several changes recently you may want to look at\n");
-        format!("add `changelog-seen = {}` to `config.toml`", VERSION)
+        format!("add `changelog-seen = {}` at the top of `config.toml`", VERSION)
     };
 
     msg.push_str("help: consider looking at the changes in `src/bootstrap/CHANGELOG.md`\n");