diff --git a/data/campaigns/Dead_Water/scenarios/04_Slavers.cfg b/data/campaigns/Dead_Water/scenarios/04_Slavers.cfg
index e6caaed9bc3..db928743db6 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Dead_Water/scenarios/04_Slavers.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Dead_Water/scenarios/04_Slavers.cfg
@@ -395,7 +395,10 @@
 
         [message]
             speaker=Gwabbo
-            message= _ "Those were the words of a merman, Kai Krellis, and well spoken. The folk are truly yours now."
+            #po: The phrase 'words of a man' does *not* have the sense of 
+            #po: 'words of a human' here; it signifies rather 'words of a
+            #po: moral adult' as opposed to a child or dependant.
+            message= _ "Those were the words of a man and a leader, Kai Krellis, and well spoken. The folk are truly yours now."
         [/message]
 
         [message]