diff --git a/R/consecutive_mutate_linter.R b/R/consecutive_mutate_linter.R
index 1988168a7..6d1032fc8 100644
--- a/R/consecutive_mutate_linter.R
+++ b/R/consecutive_mutate_linter.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#' Force consecutive calls to mutate() into just one when possible
+#' Require consecutive calls to mutate() to be combined when possible
 #'
 #' `dplyr::mutate()` accepts any number of columns, so sequences like
 #'   `DF %>% dplyr::mutate(..1) %>% dplyr::mutate(..2)` are redundant --
diff --git a/man/consecutive_mutate_linter.Rd b/man/consecutive_mutate_linter.Rd
index 945fe0680..a083ce7ab 100644
--- a/man/consecutive_mutate_linter.Rd
+++ b/man/consecutive_mutate_linter.Rd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/consecutive_mutate_linter.R
 \name{consecutive_mutate_linter}
 \alias{consecutive_mutate_linter}
-\title{Force consecutive calls to mutate() into just one when possible}
+\title{Require consecutive calls to mutate() to be combined when possible}
 \usage{
 consecutive_mutate_linter(invalid_backends = "dbplyr")
 }