diff --git a/grudge/discretization.py b/grudge/discretization.py
index 7c0573c2e5ec3515843b6f8c377ad10301256aaa..67c87273cab6345bb334513927f43acc506ff5b2 100644
--- a/grudge/discretization.py
+++ b/grudge/discretization.py
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries(DiscretizationBase):
     def order(self):
         from warnings import warn
         warn("DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries.order is deprecated, "
-                "consider the orders of element groups instead. "
+                "consider using the orders of element groups instead. "
                 "'order' will go away in 2021.",
                 DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)