diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
index 4a47426edd8c1adfdc1261006564058da015893f..84d89b9d1246b4954259bf793ed2e7860ac86efc 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/job_submit.lua.j2
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 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
 
-
 return slurm.SUCCESS
 
 end