diff --git a/code/game/machinery/fusion_engine.dm b/code/game/machinery/fusion_engine.dm
index 06ae3321a2c5..7e40eb04f9f9 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/fusion_engine.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/fusion_engine.dm
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 			return
 
 		set_overloading(!overloaded)
-		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You finish [overloaded ? "overloading" : "restoring"] the safeties on [src]."))
+		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You finish [overloaded ? "restoring" : "overloading"] the safeties on [src]."))
 		log_game("[key_name(user)] has [overloaded ? "overloaded" : "restored the safeties of"] a generator.")
 		return