diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
index f23faf6abb..4b6bef3f3b 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 				return // nope.avi
 
 			if(!silenced)
-				visible_message("\red [A.name] has been shot by the [src.name]!")//X has fired Y is now given by the guns so you cant tell who shot you if you could not see the shooter
+				visible_message("\red [A.name] is hit by the [src.name]!")//X has fired Y is now given by the guns so you cant tell who shot you if you could not see the shooter
 			else
 				M << "\red You've been shot!"
 			if(istype(firer, /mob))