diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index fccf6ffe6..c384219a9 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ en:
     financial:
       tshortfall:
         outstanding_amount_not_required: "You must not answer the outstanding amount question if you don’t have outstanding rent or charges"
-        more_than_rent: "Answer cannot be more than half of the basic rent amount"
+        more_than_rent: "Answer must be less than half of the basic rent amount"
       hbrentshortfall:
         outstanding_no_benefits: "Outstanding amount for basic rent and/or benefit eligible charges cannot be 'Yes' if tenant is not in receipt of housing benefit or universal benefit or if benefit is unknown"
       benefits:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ en:
         earnings_missing: "Enter how much income the household has in total"
       negative_currency: "Enter an amount above 0"
       rent:
-        less_than_double_shortfall: "Answer cannot be less than double shortfall in basic rent"
+        less_than_double_shortfall: "Answer must be more than double the shortfall in basic rent"
         scharge:
           this_landlord:
             general_needs: "Service charge must be between 0 and 55 per week if the landlord is this landlord"