diff --git a/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron b/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
index 5887a745..0c1ca177 100644
--- a/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
+++ b/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SemverQuery(
         "public": "public",
         "true": true,
     },
-    error_message: "A publicly-visible trait became sealed, so it is no longer allowed to be implemented",
+    error_message: "A publicly-visible trait became sealed, so downstream crates are no longer able to implement it",
     per_result_error_template: Some("trait {{join \"::\" path}} in file {{span_filename}}:{{span_begin_line}}"),
 
 )