diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
index c48aaf64f135d410d83d1d13d884614b7918b529..d9a8f910ee798c395453e588f49a304cff05061f 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 function slurm_job_submit(job_desc, part_list, submit_uid)
 
 if job_desc.account == "default" then
-slurm.log_user("Please specify your project account in your job. You are no longer able to use account=default in M3, if you don't know your project ID, please contact help@massive.org.au ")
+slurm.log_user("You have to specify your project ID as part of your job submission. The account=default is now deprecated on M3 job scheduler")
 return slurm.ESLURM_INVALID_ACCOUNT
 end