diff --git a/src/bake-sprite.js b/src/bake-sprite.js
index a31b721..21cfa3e 100644
--- a/src/bake-sprite.js
+++ b/src/bake-sprite.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async function bakeSprite(opts) {
 
     if (removed.length > 0) {
         for (const r of removed) {
-            console.error(`WARN bake-sprite: alias "${r}" was in lock but is no longer in input — kept in lock for consumer-template safety; remove manually if intentional`);
+            console.error(`WARN bake-sprite: alias "${r}" was in the existing lock but is no longer in the input set — dropped from new lock; any consumer template referencing "${r}" will fail at sample-time`);
         }
     }