diff --git a/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-posix.sh b/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-posix.sh
index 3b6d13b..01b23c4 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-posix.sh
+++ b/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-posix.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 function printSafeChainWarning() {
   # \033[43;30m is used to set the background color to yellow and text color to black
   # \033[0m is used to reset the text formatting
-  printf "\033[43;30mWarning:\033[0m safe-chain is not available to protect you from installing malware. %s will be run directly.\n" "$1"
+  printf "\033[43;30mWarning:\033[0m safe-chain is not available to protect you from installing malware. %s will run without it.\n" "$1"
   # \033[36m is used to set the text color to cyan
   printf "Install safe-chain by using \033[36mnpm install -g @aikidosec/safe-chain\033[0m.\n"
 }
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-pwsh.ps1 b/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-pwsh.ps1
index 7d85ee1..7fb44d6 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-pwsh.ps1
+++ b/src/shell-integration/startup-scripts/init-pwsh.ps1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ function Write-SafeChainWarning {
     
     # PowerShell equivalent of ANSI color codes: yellow background, black text for "Warning:"
     Write-Host "Warning:" -BackgroundColor Yellow -ForegroundColor Black -NoNewline
-    Write-Host " safe-chain is not available to protect you from installing malware. $Command will be run directly."
+    Write-Host " safe-chain is not available to protect you from installing malware. $Command will run without it."
     
     # Cyan text for the install command
     Write-Host "Install safe-chain by using " -NoNewline
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ function npm {
     }
     
     Invoke-WrappedCommand "npm" "aikido-npm" $args
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}