diff --git a/functions/menu.sh b/functions/menu.sh
index e4cf5a45..cef7bc6c 100644
--- a/functions/menu.sh
+++ b/functions/menu.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ case $selection in
         ;;
     4)
         read -rt 120 -p "What is the maximun number of backups you would like?: " number_of_backups || { echo -e "\nFailed to make a selection in time" ; exit; }
-        ! [[ $number_of_backups =~ ^[0-9]+$  ]] && echo -e "Error: -b needs to be assigned an interger\n\"""$number_of_backups""\" is not an interger" >&2 && exit
+        ! [[ $number_of_backups =~ ^[0-9]+$  ]] && echo -e "Error: The input must be an interger\n\"""$number_of_backups""\" is not an interger" >&2 && exit
         [[ "$number_of_backups" -le 0 ]] && echo "Error: Number of backups is required to be at least 1" && exit
         ;;
     5)