diff --git a/warehouse/templates/email/api-token-used-in-trusted-publisher-project/subject.txt b/warehouse/templates/email/api-token-used-in-trusted-publisher-project/subject.txt
index 9c7683d22ebd..d3e1eb915a70 100644
--- a/warehouse/templates/email/api-token-used-in-trusted-publisher-project/subject.txt
+++ b/warehouse/templates/email/api-token-used-in-trusted-publisher-project/subject.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 {% block subject %}
 {% trans project_name=project_name %}
-User API token used in project {{ project_name }} with Trusted Publishing enabled
+API token used to upload to project {{ project_name }} despite Trusted Publishing enabled
 {% endtrans %}
 {% endblock %}