diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/FieldTypes/AliasNameField.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/FieldTypes/AliasNameField.php
index 8062e44b5..1dadd3cbb 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/FieldTypes/AliasNameField.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Firewall/FieldTypes/AliasNameField.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class AliasNameField extends BaseField
                 ),
                 'domain' => $reservedwords));
             $validators[] = new Regex([
-                'message' => gettext('The name must start with a letter or single underscore, be less than 32 characters long and may further only consist alphanumeric characters or underscores.'),
+                'message' => gettext('The name must start with a letter or single underscore, be less than 32 characters and only consist of alphanumeric characters or underscores.'),
                 /* avoids single "_" and prefixes of "__" here too */
                 'pattern' => '/^([a-zA-Z]|([_a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9][_a-zA-Z0-9]{0,29}))$/'
             ]);
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
index c6fa8be1e..9dadb2abb 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
                                         <input type="text" class="form-control" size="50" id="alias.name">
                                         <div class="hidden" data-for="help_for_alias.name">
                                             <small>
-                                                {{lang._('The name of the alias must start with a letter or single underscore, be less than 32 characters long and may further only consist alphanumeric characters or underscores. Aliases can be nested using this name.')}}
+                                                {{lang._('The name must start with a letter or single underscore, be less than 32 characters and only consist of alphanumeric characters or underscores. Aliases can be nested using this name.')}}
                                             </small>
                                         </div>
                                     </td>