diff --git a/dots/bin/nwgp.sh b/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
index b32acb9..5c685fb 100755
--- a/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ backupDeploy() {
     local files=()
 
     if [[ "${operation}" == "backup" ]]; then
-        echo -e "\nthe following files will be copied to the repository (old files in the repo will potentially be overwritten):"
+        echo -e "\nthe following files will be copied to the repository (old files in the repo will be overwritten):"
 
         for filename in "${filenames[@]}"; do
             local file="${nwgp_dir}/${filename}"