diff --git a/bin/check-release-environment b/bin/check-release-environment
index d6f7bbb1..c46ddb9c 100644
--- a/bin/check-release-environment
+++ b/bin/check-release-environment
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 errors=()
 
 if [ -z "${PYPI_TOKEN}" ]; then
-  errors+=("The HANZO_PYPI_TOKEN secret has not been set. Please set it in either this repository's secrets or your organization secrets.")
+  errors+=("The PYPI_TOKEN environment variable has not been set (CI maps it from either the HANZO_PYPI_TOKEN or PYPI_TOKEN secret). Please set one of those secrets in this repository or your organization secrets.")
 fi
 
 lenErrors=${#errors[@]}