diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index d587c8bbfd9..32294169d74 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -4672,8 +4672,8 @@ if affirmative, otherwise nil"
        "The buffer \""
        (buffer-name buf)
        "\" currently lacks any language-specific support.
-The package manager has detected that by installing a third-party package,
-Emacs can provide the editor support for these kinds of files:" nl)
+The Emacs package manager can provide the editor support for these kinds
+of files by installing a third-party package:" nl)
 
       (when (length> packages 1)
         (insert nl "(Note that there are multiple candidate packages,