diff --git a/internal/command/meta_backend.go b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
index 825de47e6188..26f8622b8dc3 100644
--- a/internal/command/meta_backend.go
+++ b/internal/command/meta_backend.go
@@ -1513,7 +1513,8 @@ configuration or state have been made.
 const errBackendInitCloudMigration = `
 Reason: %s.
 
-Migrating to Terraform Cloud requires reinitialization, to discover which Terraform Cloud workspaces belong to this configuration and to optionally migrate existing state to the corresponding Terraform Cloud workspaces.
+Changes to the Terraform Cloud configuration block require reinitialization,
+to discover any changes to the available workspaces.
 
 To re-initialize, run:
   terraform init