diff --git a/cylc/flow/scripts/lint.py b/cylc/flow/scripts/lint.py
index 69c87ee046..d7ac5c6891 100755
--- a/cylc/flow/scripts/lint.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/scripts/lint.py
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ def list_wrapper(line: str, check: Callable) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
     },
     'S015': {
         'short': (
-            '`=>` is a line continuation without `\\`.'
+            '`=>` implies line continuation without `\\`.'
         ),
         FUNCTION: re.compile(r'=>\s*\\').findall
     },