diff --git a/backend/local/local.go b/backend/local/local.go
index 654bb02d1..4a2fea575 100644
--- a/backend/local/local.go
+++ b/backend/local/local.go
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ routine so this flag shouldn't normally be used.`,
 			Help: `Don't check to see if the files change during upload.
 
 Normally rclone checks the size and modification time of files as they
-are being uploaded and aborts with a message which starts "can't copy
-- source file is being updated" if the file changes during upload.
+are being uploaded and aborts with a message which starts "can't copy -
+source file is being updated" if the file changes during upload.
 
 However on some file systems this modification time check may fail (e.g.
 [Glusterfs #2206](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/2206)) so this