diff --git a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/merging-multiple-user-accounts.md b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/merging-multiple-user-accounts.md
index 3ad1de6e54..a484ab4a52 100644
--- a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/merging-multiple-user-accounts.md
+++ b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/merging-multiple-user-accounts.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ shortTitle: Merge multiple user accounts
 
 **Warning:** 
 - Organization and repository access permissions aren't transferable between accounts. If the account you want to delete has an existing access permission, an organization owner or repository administrator will need to invite the account that you want to keep.
-- Any commits authored with a GitHub-provided `noreply` email address cannot be transferred from one account to another. If the account you want to delete used the **Keep my email address private** option, its commits will not be able to be claimed by the account that you want to keep.
+- Any commits authored with a GitHub-provided `noreply` email address cannot be transferred from one account to another. If the account you want to delete used the **Keep my email address private** option, it won't be possible to transfer the commits authored by the account you are deleting to the account you want to keep.
 
 {% endwarning %}