diff --git a/leeroy/github.py b/leeroy/github.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/leeroy/github.py
+++ b/leeroy/github.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def register_github_hooks(app):
         response = requests.get(url, auth=get_github_auth(app, repo_config))
 
         if not response.ok:
-            logging.warn("Unable to install GitHub hook for repo %s "
+            logging.warn("Unable to look up GitHub hooks for repo %s "
                          "with url %s: %s %s",
                          repo_name, github_endpoint, response.status_code,
                          response.reason)
altered error message for bad github response

There are lots of reasons the look up might fail that wouldn't prevent
the hook from being set. This new error message is more direct about
what went wrong.