diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/case_consistency_validator.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/case_consistency_validator.py
index 833a66540..db90a99e8 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/case_consistency_validator.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/case_consistency_validator.py
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ def __validate_s2_records_are_related(self):
                         ))
                     elif closure_reason == '03' and not is_ssp:
                         num_errors += self.__validate_case_closure_ftl(t4, t5s, (
-                            'At least one person who is HoH or spouse of HoH on case must have FTL months >=60.'
+                            'At least one person who is head-of-household or spouse of head-of-household '
+                            'on case must have countable months toward time limit >= 60 since '
+                            'CLOSURE_REASON = 03: federal 5 year time limit.'
                         ))
                 if len(t5s) == 0:
                     for record, schema in t4s:
diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/test/test_case_consistency.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/test/test_case_consistency.py
index cdeecc381..f18eb7e3e 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/test/test_case_consistency.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/test/test_case_consistency.py
@@ -816,7 +816,9 @@ def test_section2_validator_fail_case_closure_ftl(self, small_correct_file, head
         assert num_errors == 1
         assert errors[0].error_type == ParserErrorCategoryChoices.CASE_CONSISTENCY
         assert errors[0].error_message == (
-            'At least one person who is HoH or spouse of HoH on case must have FTL months >=60.'
+            'At least one person who is head-of-household or spouse of head-of-household '
+            'on case must have countable months toward time limit >= 60 since '
+            'CLOSURE_REASON = 03: federal 5 year time limit.'
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("header,T4Stuff,T5Stuff,stt_type", [