diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index 6d8a77549f2..f86f38cc83a 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@ MASS SPECTROMETER
 	if(M.status_flags & FAKEDEATH)
 		OX = fake_oxy > 50 ? 		"\red Severe oxygen deprivation detected\blue" 	: 	"Subject bloodstream oxygen level normal"
 	user.show_message("[OX] | [TX] | [BU] | [BR]")
-	if (istype(M, /mob/living/carbon/human))
-		if(M:virus2 || M:reagents.total_volume > 0)
+	if (istype(M, /mob/living/carbon))
+		if(M:reagents.total_volume > 0)
 			user.show_message(text("\red Warning: Unknown substance detected in subject's blood."))
+		if(M:virus2)
+			user.show_message(text("\red Warning: Unknown pathogen detected in subject's blood."))
 	if (M.getCloneLoss())
 		user.show_message("\red Subject appears to have been imperfectly cloned.")
 	for(var/datum/disease/D in M.viruses)