diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
index 076bc11464a..5f2fc4472db 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/defparams.pl
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ sub check_webdotbase {
         if(-e "data/webdot/.htaccess") {
             open HTACCESS, "data/webdot/.htaccess";
             if(! grep(/ \\\.png\$/,<HTACCESS>)) {
-                print "Dependency graph images are not accessible.\nDelete data/webdot/.htaccess and re-run checksetup.pl to rectify.\n";
+                print "Dependency graph images are not accessible.\nAssuming that you have not modified the file, delete data/webdot/.htaccess and re-run checksetup.pl to rectify.\n";
             }
             close HTACCESS;
         }