diff --git a/git-extra/bash_profile.sh b/git-extra/bash_profile.sh
index 321d1b83fe..490ec0c243 100755
--- a/git-extra/bash_profile.sh
+++ b/git-extra/bash_profile.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 if [ -e ~/.bashrc -a ! -e ~/.bash_profile -a ! -e ~/.bash_login -a ! -e ~/.profile ]; then
   printf "\n\033[31mWARNING: Found ~/.bashrc but no ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile.\033[m\n\n"
   echo "This looks like an incorrect setup."
-  echo "A ~/.bash_profile containing \"if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi\" will be created for you."
+  echo "A ~/.bash_profile that loads ~/.bashrc will be created for you."
   cat >~/.bash_profile <<\EOF
 # generated by Git for Windows
 test -f ~/.profile && . ~/.profile