diff --git a/core/templates/update.user.php b/core/templates/update.user.php
index 935247246db923a409f0e2bacf18c345eb74e2b5..be332f24f35f2d16a3090150f884c7850bbd7ab6 100644
--- a/core/templates/update.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/update.user.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ul>
 	<li class='update'>
-		<?php p($l->t('This %s instance is currently being updated, which may take a while.', array($theme->getName()))) ?><br/><br/>
+		<?php p($l->t('This %s instance is currently in maintenance mode, which may take a while.', array($theme->getName()))) ?><br/><br/>
 		<?php p($l->t('This page will refresh itself when the %s instance is available again.', array($theme->getName()))) ?><br/><br/>
 		<?php p($l->t('Contact your system administrator if this message persists or appeared unexpectedly.')) ?><br/><br/>
 		<?php p($l->t('Thank you for your patience.')); ?><br/><br/>