diff --git a/modules/user/user.module b/modules/user/user.module
index eb3862b15fd..000fa59af9b 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/modules/user/user.module
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ function user_edit_form(&$form_state, $uid, $edit, $register = FALSE) {
       '#title' => t('Username'),
       '#default_value' => $edit['name'],
       '#maxlength' => USERNAME_MAX_LENGTH,
-      '#description' => t('Your preferred username; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, and underscores.'),
+      '#description' => t('Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, and underscores.'),
       '#required' => TRUE,
     );
   }