diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
index 2d5300b86..33b6fb0bc 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 			required = true;
 			if (JenaDataSourceSetupBase.isFirstStartup()) {
 				assertSuccess();  
-				log.info("The application is starting with a fresh DB, an indication will be added to the DB that a knowledge base migration to the current version is not required.");
+				log.info("The application is starting with an empty DB, an indication will be added to the DB that a knowledge base migration to the current version is not required.");
 			    required = false;	
 			}
 		}