diff --git a/homeassistant/components/dsmr_reader/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/dsmr_reader/strings.json
index d405898a393..6f8bcde12f4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/dsmr_reader/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/dsmr_reader/strings.json
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
   "issues": {
     "cannot_subscribe_mqtt_topic": {
       "title": "Cannot subscribe to MQTT topic {topic_title}",
-      "description": "The DSMR Reader integration cannot subscribe to the MQTT topic: `{topic}`. Please check the configuration of the MQTT broker and the topic.\nDSMR Reader needs to be running, before starting this integration."
+      "description": "The DSMR Reader integration cannot subscribe to the MQTT topic: `{topic}`. Please check the configuration of the MQTT broker and the topic.\nDSMR Reader needs to be running before starting this integration."
     }
   }
 }