diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 9afec94c4..17b9a1bc2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ en:
     enable_sso: "Enable single sign on via an external site (WARNING: can prevent anyone from logging in if not properly configured when enabled; also disables invites)"
     enable_sso_provider: "Implement Discourse SSO protocol at the /session/sso_provider endpoint, requires sso_secret to be set"
     sso_url: "URL of single sign on endpoint"
-    sso_secret: "Secret string used to encrypt/decrypt SSO information, be sure it is 10 chars or longer"
+    sso_secret: "Secret string used to cryptographically authenticate SSO information, be sure it is 10 characters or longer"
     sso_overrides_email: "Overrides local email with external site email from SSO payload (WARNING: discrepancies can occur due to normalization of local emails)"
     sso_overrides_username: "Overrides local username with external site username from SSO payload (WARNING: discrepancies can occur due to differences in username length/requirements)"
     sso_overrides_name: "Overrides local name with external site name from SSO payload (WARNING: discrepancies can occur due to normalization of local names)"