diff --git a/go/buscompose/accounts.go b/go/buscompose/accounts.go
index 5a08036..2f64e70 100644
--- a/go/buscompose/accounts.go
+++ b/go/buscompose/accounts.go
@@ -226,24 +226,24 @@ type LeaseHolder struct {
 func LeaseHandedAway(raw []byte, found bool, readErr error) (bool, string) {
 	switch {
 	case readErr != nil:
-		return false, "the controller's lease cannot be read (" + readErr.Error() + "), so nothing is minted"
+		return false, "the controller's lease cannot be read (" + readErr.Error() + "), so it is not handed away"
 	case !found || len(raw) == 0 || string(raw) == "null":
-		return false, "no lease is written (expired, deleted, or never taken): a controller may take it, so nothing is minted"
+		return false, "no lease is written (expired, deleted, or never taken): a controller may take it, so it is not handed away"
 	}
 	var h LeaseHolder
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &h); err != nil {
-		return false, "the controller's lease is not readable as a holder (" + err.Error() + "), so nothing is minted"
+		return false, "the controller's lease is not readable as a holder (" + err.Error() + "), so it is not handed away"
 	}
 	if strings.TrimSpace(h.HandedTo) == "" {
 		who := h.Instance
 		if who == "" {
 			who = "an instance that names itself not"
 		}
-		return false, "the controller holds the lease (" + who + "): it mints, so the vault mints nothing (ADR 0561 §3)"
+		return false, "the controller holds the lease (" + who + "), so it is not handed away (ADR 0561 §3)"
 	}
 	if h.Instance != "" {
 		return false, "the lease names both a controller instance (" + h.Instance + ") and a holder it is handed to (" +
-			h.HandedTo + "), so nothing is minted"
+			h.HandedTo + "), so it is not handed away"
 	}
-	return true, "the lease is handed to " + h.HandedTo + ": the vault mints every new account (ADR 0561 §1, §3)"
+	return true, "the lease is handed to " + h.HandedTo + " (ADR 0561 §3)"
 }