diff --git a/assignbot/__main__.py b/assignbot/__main__.py
index e711de22daa7d62d3657b27e52e88f746ab9bd35..f87a9a7733ffdebc5cfb9ae20295ef1c12ed5a54 100644
--- a/assignbot/__main__.py
+++ b/assignbot/__main__.py
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ STATE_FILENAME = "auto_assigned_reviewers.csv"
 PENDING_MR_MESSAGE = """\
 Dear contributors,
 
-It seems that there hasn't been any activity concerning this merge request for
-some time.
+It seems that there was no activity concerning this merge request for some time.
 
 Do you think it should still be merged?