diff --git a/core/server/services/members/service.js b/core/server/services/members/service.js
index 9ae70a7e92..45f8a777ea 100644
--- a/core/server/services/members/service.js
+++ b/core/server/services/members/service.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const messages = {
     noLiveKeysInDevelopment: 'Cannot use live stripe keys in development. Please restart in production mode.',
     sslRequiredForStripe: 'Cannot run Ghost without SSL when Stripe is connected. Please update your url config to use "https://".',
     remoteWebhooksInDevelopment: 'Cannot use remote webhooks in development. See https://ghost.org/docs/webhooks/#stripe-webhooks for developing with Stripe.',
-    emailVerificationNeeded: `Your list has been imported. However, to make sure you get great deliverability on a list of that size, we'll need to enable some extra features for your account. A member of our team will be in touch with you by email to review your account make sure everything is configured correctly so you're ready to go.`,
+    emailVerificationNeeded: `We're hard at work processing your import. To make sure you get great deliverability on a list of that size, we'll need to enable some extra features for your account. A member of our team will be in touch with you by email to review your account make sure everything is configured correctly so you're ready to go.`,
     emailVerificationEmailMessage: `Email verification needed for site: {siteUrl}, just imported: {importedNumber} members.`
 };