diff --git a/lib/dev.ml b/lib/dev.ml
index a4a575f..01762a5 100644
--- a/lib/dev.ml
+++ b/lib/dev.ml
@@ -556,9 +556,8 @@ let refusal ~parked reply =
   if parked && contains reply "reload queue full" then
     "the program refused the module: its reload ring is full, and a parked \
      program drains none of it — every module queued since it finished is \
-     still waiting for a frame boundary, and M-x flan-rerun is what gives it \
-     one; this one was not queued, so send it again once the program is \
-     running"
+     still waiting for a frame boundary, and M-x flan-rerun is what gives them \
+     one; this one was not taken, so send it again after that run"
   else "the program refused the module: " ^ reply
 
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