diff --git a/inst/templates/package-README b/inst/templates/package-README
index cde93f606..77d849338 100644
--- a/inst/templates/package-README
+++ b/inst/templates/package-README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 output: github_document
 ---
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit only the Rmd file. -->
 
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
diff --git a/inst/templates/package-README-qmd b/inst/templates/package-README-qmd
index 2c1c08955..686c32ead 100644
--- a/inst/templates/package-README-qmd
+++ b/inst/templates/package-README-qmd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format:
     default-image-extension: ""
 ---
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit only the qmd file. -->
 
 ```{r}
 #| include: false
diff --git a/inst/templates/project-README b/inst/templates/project-README
index 955d05f3d..a58e2c4f0 100644
--- a/inst/templates/project-README
+++ b/inst/templates/project-README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 output: github_document
 ---
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit only the Rmd file. -->
 
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
diff --git a/inst/templates/project-README-qmd b/inst/templates/project-README-qmd
index 0fdf6677f..b342496f4 100644
--- a/inst/templates/project-README-qmd
+++ b/inst/templates/project-README-qmd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format:
     default-image-extension: ""
 ---
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit only the qmd file. -->
 
 ```{r}
 #| include: false
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/readme.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/readme.md
index 5fcd9e357..6992c190e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/readme.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/readme.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       output: github_document
       ---
       
-      <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+      <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit only the Rmd file. -->
       
       ```{r, include = FALSE}
       knitr::opts_chunk$set(
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       output: github_document
       ---
       
-      <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+      <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit only the Rmd file. -->
       
       ```{r, include = FALSE}
       knitr::opts_chunk$set(
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
           default-image-extension: ""
       ---
       
-      <!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit that file -->
+      <!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit only the qmd file. -->
       
       ```{r}
       #| include: false
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
           default-image-extension: ""
       ---
       
-      <!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit that file -->
+      <!-- README.md is generated from README.qmd. Please edit only the qmd file. -->
       
       ```{r}
       #| include: false