diff --git a/modules/mol/alg/src/molck.cc b/modules/mol/alg/src/molck.cc
index f0b8f946d0a66f4549699db314f9c3f240c6544d..b3cfe016c342f9edbf87eca2a8b1d3524515c285 100644
--- a/modules/mol/alg/src/molck.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/alg/src/molck.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void ost::mol::alg::RemoveAtoms(
        edi.DeleteAtom(*i);
        zremoved++;   
     }
-    std::cerr << " --> removed " << zremoved << " hydrogen atoms" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << " --> removed " << zremoved << " atoms with zero occupancy" << std::endl;
   }
 
   if (rm_hyd_atoms) {