diff --git a/website/docs/commands/taint.html.markdown b/website/docs/commands/taint.html.markdown
index 8108ff4335..8229f86461 100644
--- a/website/docs/commands/taint.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/commands/taint.html.markdown
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ This example will taint a single resource:
```
$ terraform taint aws_security_group.allow_all
-The resource aws_security_group.allow_all in the module root has been marked as tainted!
+The resource aws_security_group.allow_all in the module root has been marked as tainted.
```
## Example: Tainting a Resource within a Module
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ This example will only taint a resource within a module:
```
$ terraform taint "module.couchbase.aws_instance.cb_node[9]"
-Resource instance module.couchbase.aws_instance.cb_node[9] has been marked as tainted!
+Resource instance module.couchbase.aws_instance.cb_node[9] has been marked as tainted.
```