diff --git a/check-postfix.sh b/check-postfix.sh
index 24638c4..8297af4 100755
--- a/check-postfix.sh
+++ b/check-postfix.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ send_email () {
 
 
 : "
-The only option is to manually telnet to the smtp port on the authoritative mailserver for the target domain. As otherwise unless a mail-host is configured for email proxy, you will be unable to send an email to a user outside of the mailservers domain (without authentication). 
+The only option is to manually telnet to the smtp port on the authoritative mailserver for the target domain. As otherwise unless a mail-host is configured as an email relay, you will be unable to send an email to a user outside of the mailservers domain (without authentication). 
 "
 do_emergency_email () {
 	local MESSAGE="${1:-"The Postfix service has failed to come up on tartarus (192.168.3.2) after a service restart. Please ssh into server to troubleshoot the issues."}"