diff --git a/.mention-bot b/.mention-bot
index dd69d1ce..62c9f572 100644
--- a/.mention-bot
+++ b/.mention-bot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "maxReviewers": 2,
   "numFilesToCheck": 5,
-  "message": "@pullRequester, thank you for the pull request! We'll ping some people to review your PR. @reviewers, please review this.",
+  "message": "@pullRequester, thank you for the pull request! We'll request some people to review your PR. @reviewers, please review this.",
   "fileBlacklist": ["*.md"],
   "userBlacklist": ["ngtuna", "janetkuo", "sebgoa", "dustymabe", "gitlawr"],
   "actions": ["opened", "labeled"],