diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/notification/NotificationController.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/notification/NotificationController.java
index 6fe558ec5..fe96e3721 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/notification/NotificationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/notification/NotificationController.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class NotificationController implements FxController {
 				var device = userAndDevice.length == 1 ? userAndDevice[0] : userAndDevice[1];
 				var cleartextFileName = fiiue.cleartextPath().substring(fiiue.cleartextPath().lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
 				eventTimestamp.set(localizedTimeFormatter.format(fiiue.lastUpdated()));
-				message.set("File is opened on another device");
+				message.set("File is locked by another device");
 				fileName.set(cleartextFileName);
 				description.set("The file is opened by %s on device %s. Ask the user to close the file and sync again. Otherwise, you can ignore the lock and open it anyway.".formatted(user, device));
 				actionText.set("Ignore Lock");