diff --git a/docs/AWS_DEPLOYMENT.md b/docs/AWS_DEPLOYMENT.md
index 6e8cea65ad789c3a7160a7a5870e0660cee46ec3..6a18be27f8cf78de1fb9b92e8eb64b828340d391 100644
--- a/docs/AWS_DEPLOYMENT.md
+++ b/docs/AWS_DEPLOYMENT.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ There are several things that are pre-configured for your pleasure:
   3. `post-update` hook: when you push to the `master` branch of the server's
      git repository, this code restarts your services to pick up the changes.
   4. nginx with SSL and 503 support - you'll get SSL for free and will see
-     a reasonable message when your servers aren't running
+     a reasonable error message when your servers aren't running
   5. a mysql database with a browserid user without any password
 
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