diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3776 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3776
index dd836c736..2fd203203 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-3776
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-3776
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Previously, restic tested the password against every key in the repository, when
 there are more and more keys in the repository, opening the repository becomes
 slower and slower.
 
-Now restic tests password up to 20 times on the key file in the repository, or
-you can use `-key-hint=<Key ID>` to specify the key file to be used.
+Now restic tests password against up to 20 key file in the repository. Alternatively,
+you can use `--key-hint=<Key ID>` to specify the key file to be used.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3776