diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9dbe7de5..26713a24b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 ### Changed
   * Show claim name, instead of URI, when loading a channel([#1711](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/1711))
   * Updated LBRY daemon to 0.20.3 which contains some availability improvements ([v0.20.3](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/releases/tag/v0.20.3))
+  * Change startup error message to be more specific about repairing install([#1749](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/issues/1749))
 
 ## [0.22.0] - 2018-06-26
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalIncompatibleDaemon/view.jsx b/src/renderer/modal/modalIncompatibleDaemon/view.jsx
index e5a2b6309..bf015aec0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/modal/modalIncompatibleDaemon/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalIncompatibleDaemon/view.jsx
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ class ModalIncompatibleDaemon extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
         isOpen
         contentLabel={__('Incompatible daemon running')}
         type="confirm"
-        confirmButtonLabel={__('Quit daemon')}
+        confirmButtonLabel={__('Close LBRY and daemon')}
         abortButtonLabel={__('Do nothing')}
         onConfirmed={quitAnyDaemon}
         onAborted={quit}
       >
         {__(
-          'This browser is running with an incompatible version of the LBRY protocol and your install must be repaired. '
+          'This browser is running with an incompatible version of the LBRY protocol, please close the LBRY app and rerun the installation package to repair it'
         )}
         <Button
           button="link"