diff --git a/ports/RetroBIOS/retrobios/screens.txt b/ports/RetroBIOS/retrobios/screens.txt
index 91d45650..91d70150 100644
--- a/ports/RetroBIOS/retrobios/screens.txt
+++ b/ports/RetroBIOS/retrobios/screens.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ rb_screen_problem() {
   elif [ "$RB_DETECTED" = "0" ]; then
     rb_notice "No BIOS folder found" "install.py knows no BIOS folder on $RB_OS_NAME. $RB_PC_ROUTE" "check" "Check again" "quit" "Quit"
   elif [ "$RB_ERROR" = "network" ]; then
-    rb_notice "No connection: checking only" "$RB_OS_NAME, BIOS folder $RB_BIOS_DIR. The list of files to check comes from the internet, and so do the files. Connect to Wi-Fi, then check again." "check" "Check again" "quit" "Quit"
+    rb_notice "No connection" "$RB_OS_NAME, BIOS folder $RB_BIOS_DIR. The list of files to check comes from the internet, and so do the files: without a connection nothing can be checked or downloaded. Connect to Wi-Fi, then check again." "check" "Check again" "quit" "Quit"
   elif [ "$RB_ERROR" = "invalid" ]; then
     rb_notice "The file list is newer than this port" "$RB_ERROR_TEXT. Update RetroBIOS from PortMaster, or use the installer on a computer. $RB_PC_ROUTE" "check" "Check again" "quit" "Quit"
   else
diff --git a/tests/test_port.py b/tests/test_port.py
index 076a46be..a6fe051a 100644
--- a/tests/test_port.py
+++ b/tests/test_port.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class TheScreens(unittest.TestCase):
         shown = self.run_port("offline", ["quit"])
         self.assertEqual(self.lists(shown), [("notice", ["info", "check", "quit"])])
         notice = shown[[s[0] for s in shown].index("list")][2]
-        self.assertEqual(notice["info"][0], "No connection: checking only")
+        self.assertEqual(notice["info"][0], "No connection")
         self.assertIn("Connect to Wi-Fi", notice["info"][1])
         self.assertIn("/roms/bios", notice["info"][1])