diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
index 545992075..956ecbcb7 100644
--- a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
             <expect id="network-component-has-implementation-point" target="component[@type='service' or (@type='software' and ./prop[@name='asset-type' and @value='cli'])]" test="count(./prop[@name='implementation-point']) = 1" level="ERROR">
                 <formal-name>Component Has Implementation Point</formal-name>
                 <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#leveraged-fedramp-authorized-services"/>
-                <message>Service components and CLI software components MUST have exactly one implementation-point property.</message>
+                <message>A FedRAMP SSP with service components and CLI software components performing cross-boundary network communication MUST indicate exactly one time if the point of implementation is internal or external to the system.</message>
             </expect>
         </constraints>
     </context>