diff --git a/app/controllers/providers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/providers_controller.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/app/controllers/providers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/providers_controller.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ class ProvidersController < ApplicationController
         display_message = parse_display_message(error.response)
         error_text = _("Subscription manifest upload for provider '%{name}' failed." % {:name => @provider.name})
         error_text += _("%{newline}Reason: %{reason}" % {:reason => display_message, :newline => "<br />"}) unless display_message.blank?
-        error_text += _("%{newline}If you are uploading an older manifest, you can use the Force checkbox to overwrite existing data." % { :newline => "<br />"})
+        # In some cases, force_update will allow the manifest to be uploaded when it normally would not
+        if force_update == "false"
+          error_text += _("%{newline}If you are uploading an older manifest, you can use the Force checkbox to overwrite existing data." % { :newline => "<br />"})
+        end
         notice error_text, {:level => :error}
         Rails.logger.error "error uploading subscriptions."
         Rails.logger.error error
<I> - show error message suggesting use of force upload not shown when force upload is already set