diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 163d9890..eb3798e2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.299) vivid; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix snappy motd to not reference 'development', which isn't always true.
+
+ -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:29:03 -0600
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.298) vivid; urgency=low
 
   * live-build/auto/config:
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/14-set-motd.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/14-set-motd.chroot
index c43917f9..206a57db 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/14-set-motd.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/14-set-motd.chroot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 cat >/etc/motd<<EOF
-Welcome to the Ubuntu Core rolling development release.
+Welcome to snappy Ubuntu Core, a transactionally updated Ubuntu.
 
  * See https://ubuntu.com/snappy